Volvo Ocean Race Archive

Losing Mark Turner is a blow to the future credibility of the Volvo Ocean Race. He was brought in to shake the event up – and he did. His vision cut through the bureaucracy of what is quite a large […]

One of the greatest joys in sailing is racing offshore. The freedom and the changeable beauty of the sea and elements provide the most magnificent backdrop to a competitive environment. The camaraderie of a crew experiencing life at sea together […]

  Welshman Bleddyn Mon among latest young international crew for Turn the Tide on Plastic. Turn the Tide on Plastic have added another four young sailors to their crusading campaign in the Volvo Ocean Race – with America’s Cup sailor […]

  Welshman Bleddyn Mon among latest young international crew for Turn the Tide on Plastic. Turn the Tide on Plastic have added another four young sailors to their crusading campaign in the Volvo Ocean Race – with America’s Cup sailor […]

As our 12-Meter approached the windward mark, which included an offset mark, our navigator was looking at his tablet and said, “We are 15 seconds to the layline.” I glanced up, saw the mark, and felt we were easily laying […]

Spanish team MAPFRE completed overall Leg Zero victory in the early hours of Wednesday (16 August) and struck the first psychological blow in the build-up to the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. But what the Leg Zero series of qualifiers confirmed […]

Xabi Fernández and his in-form MAPFRE team claimed their second victory in Leg Zero qualifying with another commanding performance in the build-up to the Volvo Ocean Race. MAPFRE had a lead of seven nautical miles when they crossed the finish […]

China’s Dongfeng Race Team edged out MAPFRE by just 56 seconds in a Rolex Fastnet Race thriller in the early hours of Wednesday, as an intense night of lead changes and fickle winds ended with the entire fleet separated by […]

  British actor James Norton joined Volvo Ocean Race Team Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag in wet and wild Round the Island race. Rough weather conditions saw the Volvo Ocean 65 speed machine propelled… Source: Volvo Ocean Race

  Volvo Ocean Race boats beat existing monohull record in around the Isle of Wight race at Cowes Week. MAPFRE clocked 3 hours 13 minutes 11 seconds in strong conditions off England’s south coast. Sours: VOR

MAPFRE took first blood in the opening battle of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet – with Xabi Fernández and his Spanish team finding faultless form to smash the established record time for a monohull around the Isle of Wight. MAPFRE […]

Matine Grael, Olympic Gold Medal Winner Joins AkzoNobel Team AkzoNobel have added Martine Grael, the Brazilian sailing gold medallist from the 2016 Olympics in Rio, to their crew for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. The 26-year-old is the daughter of […]

Leg Zero not only takes care of the official qualifying for the Volvo Ocean Race – it’s also the first chance to see the teams in a competitive shakedown against each other. No points will be carried forward to the […]

In what is being described as a return to the Volvo Ocean Race’s roots, the route for the 2017-18 will feature almost three times as much Southern Ocean racing as the previous running. No longer will crews have to contend […]

In a sport dominated by men, Team SCA was not just the only the all-female team to compete in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race, it was also the first all-female team to complete in the VOR in 12 years. Andy […]

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  The seven Volvo Ocean Race skippers faced the world’s media in Lorient this morning, ahead of Leg 9, the ultimate one, to Gothenburg.

Dongfeng’s Stu Bannatyne is a man who has dedicated his life to conquering the Southern Ocean. He’s already done an incredible SEVEN Volvo Ocean Races, winning three times – and he can’t wait to get back down south in 2017-18. […]

At nearly 45,000 miles of ocean racing, the 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race will be the longest one yet. Tough, intense, and featuring almost three times as much Southern Ocean sailing as the previous edition, the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 will […]

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Alicante, Spain (June 29, 2016) – Tough, intense, and featuring almost three times as much Southern Ocean sailing as the previous edition, the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 will be contested over the longest distance in race history at around 45,000 […]

(May 10, 2016) – The Volvo Ocean Race will be making a departure during the 2017-18 edition when the first leg gets underway. Unlike past editions that saw the first leg immediately descend into the Atlantic, organisers have confirmed that […]