Team News Corp is the third boat to cross the finish line of the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race
VOR – the week that was
A look at the fifth week of the first leg of the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race One tack, one chance – Trindade was make or break time Illbruck reigns supreme…
Illbruck wins the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race
Matthew Sheahan reports from the dock in a windswept Cape Town and talks to Illbruck's skipper John Kostecki as well as Grant Dalton who crossed the line two hours later…
Illbruck wins first leg of VOR
Illbruck finished first in the first leg of the first ever Volvo Ocean Race at 2019 GMT on Wednesday 24 October
News Corp goes for third
With a steady 35 knots from the south-east, Team News Corp is clocking up the final miles to the VOR first leg finish line
Finns at Warsash
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Illbruck snatches the lead from Amer Sports One
With less than a day's sailing to the finish of leg one of the Volvo Ocean Race to Cape Town, Grant Dalton's Amer Sports One relinquished the lead to John…
VOR final countdown
After 32 days at sea, just seven miles separates the leading two VOR boats on the final sprint to the finish line at Cape Town
VOR ETA update
Yachting World’s Matt Sheahan is at the Cape Town finish line and says that despite the predicted light winds in Table Bay, it’s currently blowing 28-30 knots which should produce…
Laser Vortex Grand Prix
A total of 24 boats arrived to contest the final positions in the Laser-supported Vortex Grand prix series
Dalton keeps pace on approach to finish
There is seemingly no stopping Grant Dalton’s Amer Sports One as she heads towards the finish line at Cape Town
Keelboat Solent Circuit series at Lymington
A light north-westerly wind and a spring tide greeted competitors at race two of the Keelboat Solent Circuit series at Lymington Town SC on 21 October
Hope for Team News Corp
Although Team News Corp’s chances of leading the fleet to the finish line are rapidly diminishing, Ross Field is still positive about the situation
Thompson extends his lead, Da Cruz dismasts
Transat 6,50 Update 23/10/01 The 52-strong fleet are now battling through the Doldrums with British sailor Brian Thompson aboard Lighthouse Life Foundation stretching his lead to 40 miles. The Cape…
Dalton’s lead is diminishing
Grant Dalton’s Amer Sports One is still leading the race but in the last few hours Illbruck has closed the gap to just eight miles
British Atlantic Rowing crewman left to fend for himself
Jonathan Gornall, competing in the Ward Evans Atlantic Rowing Challenge will continue alone after his crew Dominic Biggs was taken off the boat suffering from sleep deprivation and exhaustion
Dinghies at Lymington
A light and fluky offshore wind gave testing conditions for the 22 dinghies competing in the second Solent Points Race at Lymington Town SC on 21 October
Keelboat Solent Circuit series at Lymington
A light north-westerly wind and a spring tide greeted competitors at race two of the Keelboat Solent Circuit series at Lymington Town SC on 21 October