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Portimão Global Ocean Race prize giving

Portimão Global Ocean Race prize giving

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A happy and hilarious finale to the race

Sunday 28th June: The skippers, their families, friends and the Race Organisation gather with VIPs and guests from Portimão for the prize giving celebrations - Nico Budel continues his dream and buys Beluga Racer from the German team

News features

2011-2012 Global Ocean Race confirmed

With the fleet soon to arrive in Portugal at the finish of an outstanding circumnavigation, Race Director, Josh Hall announces the plans, dates, stop overs and format for the next edition starting in 2011

About the race

Portimão

If you walk the streets of Portimão after dark and close your eyes, listening to the sounds of the street and enjoying the aroma of dozens of restaurants firing up grills for the evening crowds, you could imagine yourself in any modern European city. The bustle, the foreign tongue and heady smell of good cooking permeates your senses.

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Leg 5 start - Beluga Racer

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Portimão Global Ocean Race prize giving

Portimão Global Ocean Race prize giving

The official magazine

Global: The Official Magazine

Find out how sailors prepare to circumnavigate the globe.