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1:35PM Wednesday 22 May 2013

Volvo Ocean 65 - Building the future

 

Our Building the Future series has already taken us from the design stage in Annapolis, Maryland across to construction in Italy, France, Switzerland and the UK.

 

In the latest episode, Rick Deppe heads back to the U.S. for a tour of the North Sails plant using the latest design technology to make the sails for this radical new project.

 

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The City of Sails will again play host to sailing's greatest adventure after winning selection as a Host Port for both the 12th edition in 2014-15 and the 13th.

 

"Sailing into Auckland after a 10-year gap felt like the race was coming home" - Knut Frostad

 

Auckland, a world renowned sailing capital, returned to the race route for the first time in 10 years in 2011-12 and staged a spectacular stopover at Auckland Viaduct, with spectators packing the Race Village and Waitemata Harbour.