The Volvo Ocean Race is known to be the most demanding sailing event in the world. Held every three years, it is an 11-leg round-the-world yacht race that covers more than 80,000 kilometres. The seven teams taking part in the current edition left Spain on 22 October, and are expected to cross the finishing line in The Hague, the Netherlands, next June. By any measurable means, the route can be described as challenging and, depending on the weather, even tortuous. Look, for example, at this year's seventh leg from Auckland, New Zealand to Itajaí, Brazil, which entails sailing more than 14,000 kilometres in the treacher-ous Southern Ocean and around the infamous Cape Horn.
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