Ma hope o ʻelima mau makahiki mai ka haʻalele ʻana o nā ʻauwaʻa ʻo Volvo Ocean Race i ke awa o Alicante no ka manawa hope loa, ke hoʻomaka nei nā ʻenekini e hoʻonohonoho i ka ʻumikūmāhā paʻi o ka huakaʻi holo moana a puni ka honua, i kapa ʻia i kēia manawa ʻo The Ocean Race.
He paʻi e hoʻomaka ai i kahi pōʻai hou, e uhaʻi ana i nā ʻano o ka mea a mākou i maʻa ai a hiki i kēia manawa. No ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻo ia ka manawa mua i hala nā makahiki he nui ma waena o kahi paʻi a me kekahi, mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana i ka makahiki 1973 i ka wā ʻo ia ka "Whitbread Round the World Race" a me ka Mexican Ramón Carlin, a me kāna poʻe holo moku. lanakila i ka inoa. .
Me kāna paʻi hope loa ma 2017-2018, kahi i lanakila ai ka Dongfeng i kākoʻo ʻia e
ʻO ka mea Pelekane ʻo Charles Caudrelier, ua pau ʻo Volvo i ka "inoa", e waiho ana i ka palapala hoʻonohonoho o kēia heihei moana a hāʻawi i ka hanohano i kāna mau mea hou, ʻo ka hui ʻo The Ocean Race 1973 i alakaʻi ʻia e Brisius Richard.
ʻO ia ke ono o ka manawa i haʻalele ai ka regatta mai Sepania a ʻo ka manawa mua ia i haʻalele ai a hōʻea i ke Kaiwaenahonua. Kekahi o ka riskiest bets e hiki ke decaffeinate elua o ka loa decisive manawa o ka huakaʻi a puni ka honua, ina ka Mare Nostrum i hōʻike 'ia ma ke 'ano he raft o ka aila, o ka oi aku ma ka mahina o Ianuali ma Alicante. ʻO nāʻikepili hoihoi'ē aʻe,ʻo ia ka mea mua e hanaʻia me ka moku me nā foil a no ka lua o ka manawa e noho pū nā papaʻelua i ka regatta (Imoca 60 a me VO65) ma hope o ka hanaʻana pēlā ma ka 93-94 edition me ka maxi a ka Whitbread 60 ( W60), kahi i hui pū ai ʻo Sepania me Galicia 93 Pescanova o Javier de la Gándara, ʻo Roberto «Chuny» Bermúdez, kekahi o nā waiwai moana nui o nā ʻāina hou i waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, me Jaime Arbones, ma waena o nā luina nui ʻē aʻe mai nā ʻāina hou.
I ka hoʻi ʻana i kēia manawa, ma hope o nā paʻi ʻehā ma Alicante he mea kupanaha ke ʻike ʻana i kahi regatta i hui pū ʻia me ke kūlanakauhale, kahi i manaʻo ai ka poʻe o Alicante no lākou iho ka regatta a ʻaʻole like me kahi hanana i mālama ʻia ma ke awa a lākou e kipa aku ai. e like me ka mea i hoʻolimalima i kahi awakea ma ke kikowaena kūʻai. He mea maikaʻi ke lilo lākou i mau ʻelele no The Ocean Race, ʻo ia hoʻi me ka American's Cup a me ka Vendee Globe ka hanana holo moku nui loa o ka honua.
Koe wale nō ʻo Southampton, ka mea i loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi o ka hoʻokipa ʻana i kēia regatta e kau ana no ʻehiku paʻi ʻana, ʻo Alicante ke awa ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka haʻalele ʻana no ka holo ʻana a puni ka honua, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kēia mau paʻi ʻelima.
Ua hoʻokomo mua ʻo Alicante i ka mīkini ma ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā makana mua o ka lehulehu. Manaʻo ʻia ka ʻike a hanu ʻia nā ea hou. ʻO ka manawa kēia e hoʻokō ai i kēlā mau pahuhopu i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no nā paʻi mua.
