Volvo Ocean Race Sailboat Crashes onto the Rocks

Volvo Ocean Race Sailboats Crashes onto the Rocks
Sweden – The Volvo Ocean Race yachts headed out for Stockholm on Sunday in leg nine of the round-the-world yacht race, but there was major drama as Spanish entry Telefonica Blue hit a rock as the boats left the port of Marstrand in Sweden. Telefonica’s keel became wedged [...]

Volvo Ocean Race Sailing Towards the Finish

A report phoned in from the race course has Ericsson 4 ‘trucking along’ now just inside the Aran Islands. However they’ll need to gybe once of twice down the rhumb line to reach the finish. It’s windy and it’s rough out there, except in the shelter of the islands.Ericsson 4 is making near 20 knots over [...]

Portimão Global Ocean Race

The Portimão Global Ocean Race front runners remained unchanged as Beluga Racer, Desafio Cabo de Hornos and Roaring Forty tuck into the Trade Winds for a fast ride north-west to the finish line in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

Holding second place in the double-handed class, Chilean duo Felipe Cubillos and José Muñoz with Desafio Cabo de [...]

Volvo Ocean Race Sailing Through the Ice

Green Dragon remains the most southerly boat in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet, at 50 degrees South the conditions onboard have become uncomfortable as the temperature has dropped.  Being this far south also means the threat of icebergs and so far the crew onboard the Dragon have already seen several in the last 24 hours, [...]

Collision while Sailing in the Portimão Global Ocean Race

The yachts sailing in the Portimão Global Ocean Race crossed the start line of Leg 3 in Wellington, New Zealand on Saturday. Ahead of the seven sailors is now 7,500 miles of sailing in some of the most demanding sea areas on the planet. The sailboats left New Zealand, sailing south-east into the Southern Ocean [...]