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Legends

The Volvo Ocean Race has been creating legends since 1973

A total of 324 sailors took part in the first edition – all of them pioneers – and since then, thousands more have shown courage, sacrifice and skill to write their names in the history of the race.

Here we pay tribute to the heroes of the Volvo Ocean Race. We’ve started with six names that will be familiar to fans of the race but we’ll be adding some of the less well known characters as well.

Keep coming back to check these pages as we continue to pay tribute to the men and women who have made the Volvo Ocean Race great.

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    Sir Peter Blake

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    Magnus Olsson

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    Chay Blyth

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    Cornelis van Rietschoten

  • Tracy Edwards

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    Ramón Carlín

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    Pierre Fehlmann

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    Alain Gabbay

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    Franck Cammas

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    Paul Cayard

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    John Kostecki

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    Mike Sanderson

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    Torben Grael

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    Grant Dalton

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    Eric Tabarly

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    Skip Novak

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    Clare Francis

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    Lawrie Smith

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    Joan Vila

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    Lionel Péan

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    Ross Field

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    Ian Walker

The race

  • What is the Volvo Ocean Race?

  • How to win

  • Crew rules

  • Volvo Ocean Race Trophy

  • History

  • In-Port Race series

  • Legends

  • Facts & figures

  • The Legends Race

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