2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race
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| Edition | 11th |
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| Dates | 29 Oct 2011 – 7 July 2012 |
| Competitors | 6 |
| Yachts | Volvo Open 70 |
| Results | |
 Gold |
Groupama |
 Silver |
Camper |
 Bronze |
Puma |
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← 2008–09
2014–15 →
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The 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race was the 11th edition of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race, yacht race which started with an in-port race in Alicante, Spain on 29 October 2011 with six Volvo Open 70 yachts at the start line and ended with an in-port race in Galway, Ireland on 7 July 2012. The 39,270 NM route involved stopovers and in-port races in Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Sanya, Auckland, Itajaí, Brazil, Miami, Lisbon, Lorient. The race consisted of nine ocean races and ten in-port races. Overall winner was Groupama.
Six teams started and finished the race. Of the teams only Team Sanya raced a second hand boat, Telefónica Blue, which took third place in the 2008-09 race.
The race used a scoring system where the overall winner was the team with the most points at the end of the race. All races counted with no discards allowed. The boats were awarded points in every race, six to one in in-port races and 30–5 points (30, 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5) for ocean races (legs). The race had a total of nine ocean legs and ten in-port races. Due to piracy the legs to and from Abu Dhabi were given two scores with the same total as the other legs. The scores were to be divided 80+20% and 20+80% respectively.
In addition to the ocean and in-port races there were no-score pro-am races in every port where sponsors and guests were given an experience as close to that of true professional sailing.
The race began in Alicante on 29 October 2011 and ended in Galway on 7 July 2012.
On 29 October 2011 Abu Dhabi won the first In-Port race with Puma second and Camper third. The winds were very light on the race day.
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