Cape Town to host ocean race again

Cape Town will host the 2011/2012 Volvo Ocean Race, due to start from Alicante in Spain in the autumn of 2011, as the first port of call in this race. “As has been proved in the past, the race is a superb platform to achieve business tourism and sporting objectives for Cape Town and the Western Cape," said Bruce Parker-Forsyth, CEO of The Volvo Ocean Race Cape Town Stopover and Worldsport, the project management company behind the last four stopovers.