Volvo Ocean Race

“Some guys said they would never do it again. Silly me – I said I was sold on it right there and then,” commented Chris Nicholson, the newly

A big congrats to Groupama Sailing Team, the overall winner of the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race, and their French skipper, Franck Cammas.  After crossing nearly

By Tom Weaver, Partner, Weaver-Price Design & Construction Since the 1970s, the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) has attracted an incredible global following as the

Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race recently took the fleet from Lisbon, Portugal, around the Azores, to Lorient, France.  Along the way however, they encountered

After rounding the Azores a few days ago, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet had a bit of a sleigh ride east toward the finish of leg 8 in Lorient.

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Abu Dhabi’s Volvo Ocean Race entry, Azzam, is in the Chilean port of Puerto Montt today preparing their 70-foot yacht for a departure to Itajaí,

via VolvoOceanRace.com Skipper Ian Walker supervised an incredible five-hour job that saw 30 bolts screwed through the hull of Abu Dhabi’s boat Azzam

PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG crosses the first ice gate of Leg 5 in wet, cold conditions.  Here’s their latest boatfeed…

The Southern Ocean is the most challenging place on earth to sail in and for the past quarter century, incredible video gathered from Volvo Ocean and past

The latest update from the South Pacific Ocean where the Volvo Ocean Race is racing hard and fast at around 20 knots of boatspeed.  3000 miles to go until

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet has completed the first 3 of their 9 total legs around the world and the fleet is gearing up for racing in-port Sanya, China before

I made my first trip to Singapore back in 2000 as a Division Officer on board USS Paul F. Foster.  As we were making our way up around the

  Volvo Ocean Race crew members compete in the The Abu Dhabi Sailing Festival Race in 60ft Dhow boats, during their 2nd port call in the 2011-12 race.

In a highly non-traditional yet prudent move by Volvo Ocean Race organizers, 5 of the 6 racing yachts in the Volvo Ocean Race were picked up from their Indian

Worldwide Maritime Crime and Piracy Summary, Week of 8-14 December, plus Volvo Ocean Race update… First, an update from the Volvo Ocean Race which

A rough experience for one yacht on the high seas gave one Maersk Line team the perfect opportunity to show how quickly it could respond to the most difficult

The Volvo Ocean Race has revealed its anti-piracy plan, which will see the fleet transported by armed heavy lift ship from an undisclosed Safe Haven Port in

Mar Mostro, Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg‘s entry in the Volvo Ocean Race is finally on her way east to Cape Town after their unfortunate

“These are our new best friends,” skipper Ken Read remarked as the Maltese-flagged containership Zim Monaco pulled up alongside his carbon fiber