The Volvo Ocean Race is a Yacht Competition around the world held every three years and is organized by Volvo.
The route changes every edition and they have to arrive in different parts of the world.
In the edition of 2008 the Volvo Ocean Race included port of Asia for first time.
The race has 9 legs and they have to cover a distance of 39.000 nautical miles (72.000 km) over 9 months.