Representatives of the Russian team announced the termination of participation in the round regatta Volvo Ocean Race-2008/09. Russian yacht "Kosatka will not be able to continue sailing because of a lack of money, reportedly at the regatta.
The press service of the Russian team ( "Team Russia") said that for several months did not find a sponsor that would allow the participation of "whale" in the regatta. In this regard, the yacht comes with the distance to the third stage of the regatta, which ends in Singapore.
Note that on the rules of Volvo Ocean Race team vybyvshaya at any stage, be able once again to participate in the regatta, which will decide their financial problems.
RIA Novosti said that in a similar situation 19 years ago, got the first and only in the history of the regatta Soviet Whitbread yacht "Fazisi. Her crew, however, managed to complete the journey without interruption, as well as the financing of yachts were due to charitable contributions in every port-stop.
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