Boats clash at start of Volvo Ocean Race

Camper led the Volvo Ocean Race fleet out of Alicante on Saturday on leg 1 of a 39,000-nautical mile journey around the world after a dramatic opening in which two boats crashed into each other. France's Groupama penalised herself for bumping heavily in choppy seas into Puma's portside stern seconds ...

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