This is for the Brits, Aussies and Kiwis:

I saw in a maritime magazine just now that the Whitbread race has been renamed the Volvo Ocean Race !! Moreover, while it will begin Sept. 23 in Southampton, it will end in Goteborg. What happened to Whitbread? How did they let a Swedish car mfgr. get hold of it? I take it the UK, Oz and Zild, along with the USA, will be main contenders again?