2011-12 Official Film | Volvo Ocean Race

The 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race is remembered for brutal conditions which dismasted or otherwise damaged large portions of the six boat fleet from the start, with half the boats retiring on Leg 1 from Alicante to Cape Town. 🇪🇸👉🇿🇦

Franck Cammas and Groupama would go on to win the race, making Cammas only the second French skipper to take victory in the race’s history after Lionel Péan in 1985-86.🇫🇷🥇
Groupama did it the hard way though after Spanish boat Telefónica had dominated the first few legs.
Groupama then dismasted on Leg 5 from Auckland to Itajaí, diverting to Punta Del Este in Uruguay for improvised repairs. However consistency over the remaining stages gave the French team the overall win with one leg remaining, and Cammas finally lifted the trophy at the finale in Galway.🇮🇪

The 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race was also the last showing of the Volvo Open 70 class before the introduction of the one-design Volvo Ocean 65 for the 2014-15 race. ⛵️🌍



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[ChicagoCrew]

thank you for making my shelter in place a little brighter with this amazing video

[RRAL]

1:10:00 Fastnet Rock, did crews have charts or looked at maps prior ?

[davidefischer]

nice video but it's quite hard to follow without a leaderbord

[michaeledwards-usnd]

Did it seem this year that the boats were extra fragile?

[zoepaulastrassfield]

It's kind of meta that I think this was the first edition in which the VOR had a YouTube channel. (Unless 2008 was?)

[moorec]

Good Grief, who built these things.?
Laurel and

I have watched 18 minutes and i have
THREE broken masts
A broken wheel
And a a broken rudder that was shivved all the way through the F'ing hull

[jesmarina]

Have watched all the previous videos, and this one is by far the worst produced. No leaderboards??