Just as promised, names of the upcoming Volvo Ocean Race host ports from around the world keep pouring in, placing Brazil for the sixth time on the event’s map. The city of Itajaí, located in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina will play host to the race, which will start in Alicante in the autumn of 2011.
"It’s an honour for our city to host such a glorious sailing event in our waters and represent Santa Catarina and Brazil in the Volvo Ocean Race, the most important ocean sailing… (read more)