The next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race has been confirmed for 2011-12. The announcement was made on Saturday at a press conference in Alicante by CEO Knut Frostad and President and CEO of Volvo Group Leif Johannsen. The timing of the official start for the 2011-12 race is scheduled for late summer/autumn 2011. Details of the exact timing and route will be made in 2010. It is the first time in the history of the Volvo Ocean Race that the next iteration of the race has been announced before the start of the current event.
The Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 will be the 10th running of this ocean marathon. Starting from Alicante in Spain, on 4 October 2008, it will, for the first time, take in Cochin, India, Singapore and Qingdao, China before finishing in St Petersburg, Russia for the first time in the history of the race. Spanning some 37,000 nautical miles, visiting 11 ports over nine months, the Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier ocean yacht race for professional racing crews.
