Lighthouses at Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009

(autotranslated, could have mistakes)

Lighthouse side of the race based on materials from the official photobank VOR 2008-2009 and other sites. If anyone comes across other photos, please let me know.

• view larger size (Volvo Ocean Race, 2008-2009, Leg 8, Finish, Ericsson 4, Marstrand, Winners, 1st)

• view larger size ( Volvo Ocean Race, 2008-2009, Spectators, Fleet, Aerial, Start, Leg 9, Crowds)

• view larger size (Volvo Ocean Race, 2008-2009, Spectators, Fleet, Aerial, Start, Leg 9, Crowds)

• Ericsson 3 and PUMA Ocean Racing in a duel for first place on leg 9 from Marstrand to Stockholm

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• view larger size (Telefonica Blue finishes leg 9 in Sandhamn in seventh place having hit a rock at the start of the leg in Marstrand and suspending racing to undertake repairs. Wives and girl friends go onboard the boat at Sandhamn.)

• view larger size (The fleet get under way at the start of leg 10 from Stockholm to St Petersburg)

• view larger size (Delta Lloyd, skippered by Roberto Bermudez (ESP) finish sixth on leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Rio de Janeiro to Boston, crossing the finish line at 10:10:29 GMT 27/04/09)

• view larger size (Start of leg 6, Rio de Janeiro to Boston. Ericsson 4 passes the Sugar Loaf in Rio. Light winds and huge swell greeted the boats as they cleared the heads.)

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• view larger size (Ericsson 3, skippered by Magnus Olsson (SWE) at the start of leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Rio de Janeiro to Boston)

• In a dramatic opening to leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race, minutes before the start gun fired, Telefónica Blue (Bouwe Bekking/NED) dropped her sails and returned to port, leaving a fleet reduced to three boats to contest the start in Qingdao

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• view larger size (PUMA Ocean Racing (Ken Read/USA))

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• view larger size (In-port racing in the Volvo Ocean Race was postponed for the second time in Qingdao, China today. Although the visibility had improved since yesterday, there was still not enough wind.)

• view larger size, (enlarge). Whether this is a true lighthouse is still in question. (Qingdao - China. Telefonica Blue head out for training, prior to the start of the in-port race.)

• The lighthouse on Regatta Pier, part of the Olympic Marina in Qingdao, China. The lighthouse forms one end of the finish line for Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 from Singapore to China.)

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• What other lighthouses were on the route: Tolbukhin, Shepelevsky, Ushant lighthouse, Cape Horn, Cape of Good Hope, Boston Bay lighthouses, etc.