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1:23 PM Sun 19 Sep 2010 GMT

'Guests tour the new Race Control Room at Volvo Ocean Race Headquarters in Alicante' Volvo Ocean Race &copy

Volvo Ocean Race this week opened its new Race Control, a high-tech hub inspired by the NASA control centre, which will be the nerve-centre of the race when it starts next year. It is the most advanced race control room ever built for a yacht race. 'It will be the main tool for Race Director, Jack Lloyd and his team to manage the racing 24 hours a day from the start of leg one, to the finish of the last boat in the last port,' said Knut Frostad, Volvo Ocean Race CEO, in his address to guests and media at ...

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