Volvo Ocean Race: Camper announce build, crew and workup for VOR70

12:38 PM Fri 23 Jul 2010 GMT

'(l-r) Grant Dalton and Roberto Bermudez de Castro' Volvo Ocean Race &copy Click Here to view large photo

CAMPER, in association with Emirates Team New Zealand have made some key announcements as their project for the Volvo Ocean Race reaches another milestone early next month. CAMPER announced today that construction of the VO70 yacht will start in the first week of August. Crew selection is also well advanced and CAMPER said today that experienced Spanish round-the-world yachtsman Roberto Bermudez de Castro has signed on. It will be his fifth round-the-world race, most recently as skipper of Team Delta Lloyd in 2008-09. He was a watch captain on Brazil 1 in 2004-05 and raced the southern ocean legs on ...

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by Warren Douglas