MINI VOLVO OCEAN RACE

 

Micro Magic goes around the world! Eighteen MM's are sailing during the stop-overs of the race in the stop-over ports!! At this newspage we will keep you informed.

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Team ABN-AMRO - Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006 - Team Movistar -

20-01-'06
The boats are currently bring shipped to Melbourne and are due for arrival on the 24th January.

Melbourne Update: the Melbourne Port PR team wish to really get involved in The Mini Volvo Ocean Race and are keen to get teams, press and public fully involved, so this set of races will go even better than the set of races in Cape Town. It will be held on the 2nd January and will coincide with the Skippers and Navigators press conference. A local model yacht club has offered their assistance with the boats and will be on-hand on the day of the race itself to help us deal with any technical issues. The prize for the three winners is to go diving with sharks at Melbourne Aquarium – which I am sure that will really get the guys going!!

29-12-'05
Scaled down boats, top notch excitement. The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town staged today three more races between the seven syndicates
participating in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006 , as well as with the Volvo Ocean Race itself. The weapons of choice were one-design 1.7 foot boats produced by Micro Magic and the course was set between the coming and going tourist boats that serve the Waterfront. Read more.

28-12-'05
The first instalment of The Mini Volvo Ocean Race went extremely well today. Photos will come and there should be stories going onto the ABN website, as well as the Volvo website shortly. Lots of people asked for the name of the boats and where to get them from!!

30-11-'05
On december 28, the first Mini Volvo Ocean Race will take place in Cape-Town.. We will keep you informed.....

09-11-'05: The boats are branded now. Not in the official programme but this will take place in Cape Town..

03-11-'05:

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02-11-'05: Beautiful
Hidde: This morning in Scheveningen at Vrolijk Watersport the boats are being loaded by Ben and Alexander. They look very nice!
Ben and Alexander: compliments, very nicely done!!!!
Johan: Beautiful sails!!!

Ben: Thanks Hidde,
Good to see you so early at 08.00 uur! this morning, to take some pictures.

The parcel is loaded! The VOR-micro's are on their way to Spain!

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01-11-'05: The other four
The other four are quickly made. The electronics has to go next. This picture of earlier in the process..

Due to lake of space I had to put them somewhere.

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31-10-'05: Santa Claus feelings...

GRAUPNER, main sponsor of the mini Volvo Ocean Race!

The boats are ready in Scheveningen, Alex his boat also. Next the electronics, almost ready........

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29-10-'05: Slowly all parts are on there place. Masts has arrived, also the paint and other parts. On the picture below the demonstration boats are striped of ther coats and ready to be painted.

Hans: This is wunderfull, I wunder if the are sailing with the sailing rules? Is there a coach? And is it possible for other Dutch MM-sailors to race against this cracks?
One thing is certain: These people will be surprised what fun it is to sail with the MM!!

Steven: I think these guys will be fanatics and looking for borders within the rules as well. I send them the rules in Spanish, French, English and Dutch. Probable we have a chance to meet them in Rotterdam.

Some hangs up there laundry .. we our micro's!

28-10-'05: The VOR is being covered by the television station NOS in Holland. It will start at november 5 in Spain.

Actual news daily via the NOS.

First report (Nederland 2, ca.16.30 uur) sunday.

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27-10-'05: There are some contacts with the foundation Stopover VOR to organize something in june 2006.

Also planns are made within ABNAMRO in Holland.....

This is great for us in Holland. What will it bring on international scale. Will it work to get another country on the MM's? Is France coming up? Their website is getting more and more hits, sailing is popular in France....

A small update of the MM VOR shipyard.

Today Alex and me (=Ben) picked up 5 demonstration boats and 8 sets of sails..

On the picture below you can see the Sevenstar boats which has to be prepared for the VOR. I've put some extra glue to get more water risistance.

The VOR organisation wants their boats in white and black. The VOR Teams can then sticker their own boats, everything is branded.

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26-10-'05: Yes!!! Volvo have confirmed that they will include the Mini-Volvo Ocean Race as part of their official program and both TEAM ABN AMRO and Volvo will be publicising the event.

The model yacht racing will be part of the official Volvo program for the stopovers: Sanxenxo, Spain; Cape Town, South Africa; Melbourne, Australia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Baltimore/Annapolis, USA; Portsmouth, England; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Gothenburg, Sweden(?). It will not be held at the pit-stops of Auckland and New York as these are only two day programs and there is not enough time.

Ben van Dullemen is going to prepar 8 boats at his home Scheveningen. We offer 5 demonstration boats to get this done in the short time. Ben has offers his own MM and 3 more. If all goes as planned Graupner will give him a big present for the refit of the boats.. Painting is the most important job. Any assistance is welcome. November 3 is transport time!

And... if everything is going as planned it would be nice for Henk if he will get 5 new demonstration boats. Help is also welcome.

It all shakes me, what a sensational development! This will generate a lot of international attention.

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09-09-'05: This week 10 MM's will go to Spain. Fred Barret, Australian 'Technical shore manager' of the Movistar team will race with them during the stop-overs. Good publicity and a lot of fun for the shore crew.

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