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Volvo Ocean Race: Why Leg 2 has placed three boats at the top and in a different league to the rest
With the change to a strict one design came the promise of close racing for…
Experience counts as Team Brunel win Volvo Ocean Race leg 2 to Abu Dhabi
Experience counted in the end, as Team Brunel swept past their rivals on Dongfeng Race…
ARC 2014: A new course record and an impressive repeat performance, Matthew Sheahan reports from the finish in St Lucia
There are easier ways to cross the Atlantic than peeling kites on an hourly basis,…
Video: Full footage as Volvo Ocean Race Team Vestas strikes the reef and the crew prepare to abandon ship
the boat was doing 19 knots. The noise and the violence of the collision on…
Volvo Ocean Race – how could a yacht bristling with technology hit a known reef?
How is it possible for a yacht bristling with the latest technology to hit a…
Tax, TV and timings – why the Americas Cup 2017 is to take place in Bermuda
The Americas Cup 2017 will take place in Bermuda. The confirmation of the venue for…
New 100ft supermaxi Comanche arrives in Australia to prepare for the Sydney-Hobart Race
The superfast 100ft maxi designed as a record breaker for Netscape founder Jim Clark and…
New Pogo 3 is an even more powerful machine and a dangerously addictive pocket rocket
More power and less weight Matthew Sheahan discovers that Pogo Structure’s third generation mini transat…
First aerial shot of broken VOR 65 Team Vestas Wind on the Cargados Carajos Shoals, Mauritius
A picture posted on the Volvo Ocean Race website shows the sad wreckage of Chris…
Volvo Ocean Race skipper Chris Nicholson describes how his crew came to abandon their Volvo 65 and what happens next
– The damage is massive in the boat – We had to just hang with…
Team Vestas crew abandon boat as they hit reef on the Cargados Carajos Shoals, Mauritius in Volvo Ocean Race
At 1510 UTC, Team Vestas Wind informed Race Control that their boat was grounded on…
ARC 2014 – One week in and the crews are settling in but the weather has been a surprise – selection of logs
One week in and the ARC fleet is settling into the routine of their 2,700nm…
François Gabart reveals the new 100ft trimaran design that he will attempt to sail round the world alone
Vendeé Globe winner and French sailing wunderkind François Gabart has revealed the details of the…
ARC 2014 transatlantic rally finds dream conditions – downwind with dolphins
Crews in the ARC 2014 transatlantic rally, which left from Las Palmas for Saint Lucia…
ARC rally start delayed because of local strong winds. ‘Safety is our priority’ say organisers
Strong winds blowing through the harbour of Las Palmas have caused ARC organisers World Cruising…
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston makes solo sailing history again at 75 with 3rd in class in the Route du Rhum Race – and vows to return in 2018
Sir Robin-Knox Johnston has made solo sailing history again by finishing in 3rd place in…
Gallery photos of the Volvo Ocean Race yachts as they sail out of Cape Town in big winds
As the Volvo Ocean Race teams left Cape Town for leg 2 to Abu Dhabi,…
ARC 2014 rally photo gallery – parties and final preparations in full swing
As the 180 yachts and crews get ready to set off on the ARC 2014…
Volvo Ocean Race crews set out on Leg 2 from Cape Town with warnings of tropical storms ringing in their ears
The crews of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet set out yesterday on the 6,125-mile leg from Cape…



















