The port of call ; The world's most prestigious yacht ocean race is coming to India for the first time and Kochi is leaving no stone unturned to make a successful debut.

India Today | July 14, 2008| | Copyright

This could be the biggest bonanza for God's own country. For Kochi has been selected as the only stop-over port in South Asia for the famed Volvo Ocean Race, world's fastest ocean yacht racing event which is held every four years.

Kochi is among the 11 ports of call across the world where the 10 high-speed yachts would stop over for 10 days during the sixmonth- long sailing marathon which begins from Alicante in Spain on October 4, 2008, and ends at St Petersburg in Russia on June 9, 2009.

The stopover at Kochi will be from December 3 to 13. It is for the first time in the 35-year-long ...

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