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New-look VOR Boats

Source: The proposed new Volvo one-design will borrow heavily from the cutting-edge IMOCA 60 class

The Volvo Ocean Race recently announced some design changes for the 2019-20 event, and I for one am very pleased. It’s true I have been ranting on Sailfeed () against the unimaginative slab-sided boats currently in use (and set to do another lap as part of the 2017-18 race, beginning in October). However, I don’t think it was because of my rants that the changes

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