Volvo Ocean Race - Cape Town superstition

8:02 PM Sun 28 Nov 2010 GMT

'Abn Amro One sails into Cape Town during the 2005-06 Volvo Ocean Race - Volvo Ocean Race 2010' David Brannigan

Volvo Ocean Race. A year from now, the Volvo Open 70 fleet will be arriving into the first port of call in the 2011 - 12 Volvo Ocean Race, Cape Town. 'The tavern of the seas' will be a safe haven after the proving ground of the first 6,500 nautical miles of the race. Legend has it that the first boat into Cape Town will eventually go onto win the race and past experience does prove this folktale to be true. In the last edition of the race, this leg was won by Ericsson 4, the overall race winner, with ...

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