Volvo Ocean Race unveils combined Monohull-Multihull future \u2013 the ultimate test of a professional sailing team<\/p>\n
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The Volvo Ocean Race has solved the question of whether its future should be monohull or multihull \u2013 by opting for both<\/p>\n
The Volvo Ocean Race has solved the question of whether its future should be monohull or multihull \u2013 by opting for both. The introduction of a foil-assisted 60-foot (18.29 metre) monohull for the ocean legs plus an ultra-fast 32-50 foot (10-15m) flying catamaran for use inshore will elevate the race to the ultimate all-round test in professional sailing.<\/p>\n
The race announced the next generation of One Design boats \u2013 to be introduced in 2019 and designed for use over at least six years \u00ad\u2013 as the centrepiece of its vision for the next decade which significantly raises the game in both sporting terms and commercial value.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a lot of debate about multihull versus monohull \u2013 strong arguments in both directions. We decided on three hulls \u2013 a monohull plus catamaran!\u201d Volvo Ocean Race CEO Mark Turner revealed at a special event at the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, home of the race\u2019s co-owners Volvo Group and Volvo Car Group.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new formula for the Volvo Ocean Race will, for the first time, test world-class sailors at the top-end of both aspects of the sport \u2013 in what remains our core DNA offshore ocean racing on foil-assisted monohulls, plus inshore racing during the stopovers employing the latest \u2018flying\u2019 multihull technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re using the best tool for each discipline. It\u2019s going to push the sailors, and sailing teams overall, to levels they have never previously had to perform at in order to win one of sailing\u2019s ultimate prizes.\u201d<\/p>\n
To win the Volvo Ocean Race in the future will demand expertise in both monohull on the offshore ocean legs and multihull racing in the In Port Series, as both platforms will be raced by essentially the same crew. Currently the In-Port series counts only as a tiebreaker in the case of equal points at the final finish line \u2013 in 2014-15 it actually changed the overall positions for two teams, confirming that it was already critical to do well even as a tiebreaker. In the future, the In-Port series will take slightly more importance again, but without changing the fact that it\u2019s the ocean legs that count for the lion\u2019s share of the points.<\/p>\n
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