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Sanderson plots race return in 2014
Sanya skipper Mike Sanderson will be back racing as early as this weekend but the big date circled in his diary is in late 2014 when he expects to return for another campaign in the Volvo Ocean Race.
Sanderson skippered ABN AMRO ONE to victory in 2005-06 and while his race this time with Sanya was not the same glittering success he is determined it will not be his final appearance in the Volvo Ocean Race.
"So where to now?" Sanderson wrote in his final blog post as Sanya skipper. "Well I have a busy year sailing, first regatta starts this weekend on the new Bella Mente, then Leopard, Living Doll, then back to Leopard and Bella Mente.... all fantastic opportunities and great programmes.
"But the big one is that I have decided to come back and try my very hardest to have a team in the next edition of the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race that has the very best chance of winning....!! so it is full steam ahead with that."
2014-15 would in fact mark a fifth appearance in the Volvo Ocean Race for Sanderson. The Kiwi made a winning debut in the race with Grant Dalton on the maxi New Zealand Endeavour in 1993-94 and sailed on Merit Cup in 1997-98 before his triumph with ABN AMRO ONE in 2005-06.
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It will be very interesting indeed......all in the same style yacht, the strongest team will win...looking fwd to that challenge
With Mike Sanderson already expressing his interest to be on the starting for the VOR 2014-2015, there`s only 7 spot left to fill (to complete the 8 teams, that VOR expects for the next race). But, somehow, I doubt that filling those 7 spot will be an easy task, as many skippers of the race that just ended already express they won`t be in the next race in the VO65 OD. Let`s see who else takes the bait (smart people already knows that sailing RTW in One Design yachts won`t be cheap). Best regards, Cristián Palau
With the one design boats he won't have to struggle with an outdated yacht.
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