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Lipscomb Cars to open £5m Volvo showroom after delays with power supply – Lockdown News

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Lipscomb Cars to open £5m Volvo showroom after delays with power supply: Lipscomb Cars is poised to open its new £5m Volvo dealership in Chartham this month following the easing of the coronavirus restrictions. The showroom, near Canterbury, had been due to welcome ... Source: "Coronavirus Lockdown" - BingNews. Coronavirus in Scotland: Your questions answered on holidays: With the summer holidays approaching, we've received hundreds of questions about what coronavirus means for your travel … [Read more...] about Lipscomb Cars to open £5m Volvo showroom after delays with power supply – Lockdown News

Gothenburg Delegation to Inspect Red Location Museum

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A delegation of 12 people will be arriving in Port Elizabeth from our Twin City in Sweden, Gothenburg, tomorrow, Tuesday 30 October 2018. Delegates will be inspect the closed Red Location Museum on 1 November where they will be addressed by Councillor Captain. The Red Location Museum was part funded by Sweden's Museum of World Culture which is based in Gothenburg. The Red Location Museum opened its doors to the public on 10 November 2006. Built as a tribute to the liberation struggle … [Read more...] about Gothenburg Delegation to Inspect Red Location Museum

Man Overboard in Southern Ocean

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Race Control for the Volvo Ocean Race has been informed by Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag of a man overboard incident, on Monday afternoon at approximately 13:42 UTC. The team, along with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), has been conducting a search and rescue operation to recover the missing crew member, John Fisher (UK), who was wearing survival equipment when he went overboard. The remaining crew are reported safe. The incident took place approximately 1,400 miles west of … [Read more...] about Man Overboard in Southern Ocean

It’d be catastrophic if we come home last

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The Volvo Ocean Race fleet was buoyed by the arrival of new breeze on Thursday, potentially spelling an end to several days of torment at the hands of the Doldrums. The seven teams hit the Doldrums – a fickle band of low pressure notorious for its calm wind – on Monday, and since then have been inching north at painfully slow speeds in sweltering tropical heat. But on the ninth day of racing, with almost exactly 3,000 nautical miles remaining of the 6,000-mile stage from Melbourne to Hong … [Read more...] about It’d be catastrophic if we come home last

Exclusive interview with Volvo Ocean racer Stu Bannatyne driver on board Dongfeng Racing

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Exclusive interview with Volvo Ocean racer Stu Bannatyne driver on board Dongfeng Racing: Stu Bannatyne Photo: Jen Edney/Volvo Ocean Race We spoke exclusively this week to Legendary New Zealand sailor Stu Bannatyne, dubbed the ‘King of the Southern Ocean’ who has spent a major part of the last two decades racing through that area of the world. He is what I would descibe as the “Roger Federer” of Round the world Sailing. He has competed in seven Volvo Ocean Races. Bannatyne won the … [Read more...] about Exclusive interview with Volvo Ocean racer Stu Bannatyne driver on board Dongfeng Racing

Around the World in 3 Minutes (and some change)

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Seen at the Volvo Ocean Race Volvo Pavilion - The Challenge is to use an excavator to guide a metal pin through a slot to travel the route that the Volvo Yachts sail around the world. This gentleman is apparently a helicopter pilot and on his first attempt did the 'course' in around 3 minutes - well done sir. WHY? It is a little known fact that Port Elizabeth has been approached TWICE to bid on becoming a stopover for the Volvo Ocean Race - the first attempt was stopped by our local Port … [Read more...] about Around the World in 3 Minutes (and some change)