Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Wins DHL Shore Crew Award
Recognized for outstanding shore team effort during the sixth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012Miami, May 22, 2012 – DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has awarded the DHL Shore Crew Award to Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing for overcoming what could have been race-ending obstacles ahead of Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012.
After dramatic efforts to fix hull damage on its racing yacht Azzam in the depths of the Southern Ocean, Abu Dhabi’s skipper Ian Walker suspended racing in Leg 5 and headed to Puerto Montt in Chile on April 4. The emergency repairs were not strong enough to
