Volvo Ocean Race yachts given lift to avoid pirates

Volvo Ocean Race yacht Telefonica is loaded onto a container ship

Five yachts in the Volvo Ocean Race have been transported on an armed ship through part of the Indian Ocean because of the threat of piracy.
They will be set down off the coast of the United Arab Emirates before a one-day sprint to the finish in Abu Dhabi.
Puma Ocean Racing's British skipper Ken Read said: "Sometimes the real world gets in the way of our

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