It was not very long ago none of us in New England thought we would ever see spring; or if we did it would be with piles of snow everywhere. All of this is so easily forgotten with the long warming days of sunlight. Even more resounding is nature’s delicate return as unrelenting as winter’s cold.
On another note the Volvo Ocean Race is due in Newport May 7.
Newport is a small town. The population is 28,000 in round numbers; but it has proved to be the right venue for sailing events.Even the America’s Cup teams have all suggested that they preferred Newport. So the Volvo Ocean Race will arrive here in May 2015.
Leg Start – Leg route – Leg distance
October 11, 2014 – Alicante, Spain to Recife, Brazil – 3,421 nm
November 9, 2014 – Recife, Brazil to Abu Dhabi, UAE – 9,707 nm
January 3, 2015 – Abu Dhabi, UAE to Sanya, China – 4,670 nm
February 8, 2015 – Sanya, China to Auckland, NZL – 5,264 nm
March 15, 2015 – Auckland, NZL to Itajaí, Brazil – 6,776 nm
April 19, 2015 – Itajaí, Brazil to Newport, USA – 5,010 nm
May 17, 2015 – Newport, USA to Lisbon, Portugal – 2,800 nm
June 7, 2015 – Lisbon, Portugal to Lorient, France – 647 nm
To be decided – Lorient, France to Gothenburg, Sweden – 1,600 nm
