Volvo Ocean Race 2014: Luck, guile and fitness will be key to whichever crew triumphs in 38,739-mile, eight-month battle ~ .

Friday, October 10, 2014

Volvo Ocean Race 2014: Luck, guile and fitness will be key to whichever crew triumphs in 38,739-mile, eight-month battle

Champing at the bit, the seven teams contesting the latest, restyled Volvo round the world race are a hot-bed of optimism in the late summer heat of Alicante on Spain’s Mediterranean coast. There are some new faces and some old salts, there will be tears before bedtime, but they know they all start on the grid on Saturday in equal equipment so, when the 38,739-mile course finishes in Gothenburg next June, it will be a winning crew, rather than a winning boat, that takes the trophy.