Countdown begins to Volvo Ocean Race Hong Kong
City celebrates as historic race starts in Alicante, Spain on Sunday with first-ever stopover to take place here in January 2018
Hong Kong joined the nautical world in celebration as the 13th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race set out from Alicante, Spain, on Sunday, launching the official countdown to Hong Kong’s first-ever hosting of this historic race.
The event marked 90 days to when the seven-yacht fleet is expected to sail into Victoria Harbour.
The Hong Kong leg will be the fifth of 12 stages on this year’s 45,000-nautical-mile adventure with the boats expected to arrive on January 20 as they complete legs in Alicante, Lisbon and Cape Town prior to making the 600-mile voyage from Melbourne to Hong Kong.
Watch: Countdown to Volvo Ocean Race at Harbour City
It will be the biggest sailing yacht event in Hong Kong’s history and one which the Hong Kong Sailing Federation believes will inspire a new generation of sailors to take to the waters.