''Assa Abloy'' (also known as ''SonyEricsson'') is a

Volvo Ocean 60 The Whitbread 60 (W60), later known as the Volvo Ocean 60 (VO60), was a class of ocean racing yacht built to a " box rule" specifying key design parameters of the 10 smaller yachts which took part the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race. ...

yacht that took part in the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race where she finished second. She is an

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launched in 2001. ''Assa Abloy'' participated in the 2004 Volvo Baltic Race under her new name ''SonyEricson''. She won the competition skippered by

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