Volvo Ocean Race Auckland Stopover
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Auckland Viaduct now became Race Village for the Stopover. The Viaduct Events Centre acting as Race headquarter.
The Volvo Ocean Race Experience Zone offers unique interactive emerge into life on-board during the Race.
Currently all the Volvo Ocean 65 boats moored in front of the Viaduct Events Centre.
So visitors to the Race Village can see the most advanced race boats in the world.
The Volvo Ocean Race village offers great entertainment for all ages! So what happens there:
Te Wero Island will host events on the big stage from 9am to 9pm every day with large screens and live music.
The Viaduct Events Centre will host the Boatyard, Race Management and the Media Centre. Volvo Ocean 65’s (VO65) fleet moored right on the side of the Viaduct Events Centre. Look at our photos to see the every detail of those superboats.
The crew members currently working hard preparing the boats for the Leg 5: round Cape Horn to Itajai, Brazil.
We made hundreds of the photos and some videos of what is going on in the Volvo Ocean Race Village in Auckland.
So visit our web site www.softfern.com to watch those photos and videos.
Activities in the Race Village are free. The Race Village open hours are:
Monday to Wednesday: 10.00 am - 9.00 pm
Thursday to Saturday: 9.00 am - 10.30 pm
Sunday: 9.00 am - 9.00 pm
Visitors to the village can enjoy the following activities:
SCA Pavilion on Eastern Viaduct
Cross Section of the Volvo Open 65 on Eastern Viaduct
Visit the Boatyard in the Viaduct Events Centre
Have a Go sailing from the Karaga Plaza steps
Another Day at the Office show and cinema on Eastern Viaduct
Auckland stopover schedule
• March 12 Practice races
• March 13 Heineken pro-am races
• March 14 New Zealand Herald in-port race. The one-hour race is short and full of actions! It provides sailing fans with a great show. The teams there gain important points for the In-Port Race series. The course for the In-Port Racing is always as close as possible to land and spectaculars. The Pro-Am Races and an In- Port Race to occur in the Waitemata Harbour. This is a unique chance to watch the world’s fastest monohulls in full race mode!
• March 15 Start of leg 5 to Itajai (Brazil). The start will be emotional. The sailors begin the next long leg in Ocean. The fleet starts with an inshore course before heading offshore.
And Aucklanders will wait for the next Race – in 2018.
| Great view to Auckland CBD from the Boatyard in the Viaduct Events Centre |
| Interactive Ocean Race simulator at the Volvo Pavilion. |
| Currently all the Volvo Ocean 65 boats moored in front of the Viaduct Events Centre. |
| Working on Volvo excavator simulator at the Volvo Pavilion |
| The Volvo Pavilion - offers interactive simulators and a fascinating range of information about the Race and Volvo. |
| Glamour pink mast of Team SCA boat |
| Team Brunel Racing boat under maintenance |
| Crew members working hard preparing the boats for the next leg. |
| Hi Tech boat mast with all wires and gadgets |
| Team Alvimedica Racing boat. |
| Whom this glamour pink boat belongs? To the all-female crew the Team SCA for sure. |
| Team Alvimedica Racing boat. |
| Glamour pink steering wheel of Team SCA boat |
| Dongfeng Race Team boat. The team going really well: second place after 4 legs. |
| Interactive Volvo excavator simulator at the Volvo Pavilion. |
| Te Wero Island hosts events on the big stage from 9am to 9pm every day with large screens and live music. |
| Very impressive red coloured sunset – view from the Viaduct Harbour. And this is real photo – only slightly retouched to stress the danger colours on the sky. The photo taken on March the 3d at 20:11. |