Topic: Volvo Ocean Race

Just five miles separate the top four boats as they enter the feared Malacca Strait after more than 1,000 nautical miles of ocean racing on the...

Huge year ahead as Howth YC gets busy

THE MAMMOTH task of staging 20 championships for the coming season was announced at the country's single biggest sailing club this week in an...

Ocean Race is young man's game

By Kate Laven. 1:09PM GMT . Comments . . Dana is the specialist media crew member with responsibility for all the words, pictures and footage...

Camper ready to attack leader

Expand . Team New Zealand have made a solid start on the third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race sitting in third place in a tightly bunched leading...
Expand . On Sunday the 22nd of January the Volvo Ocean race returned somewhat to normality with the resumption of the second stage of leg three.. ...

Camper remain in second

Expand . Team New Zealand entry Camper remains in second place on leg three of the Volvo Ocean Race.. . The Chris Nicholson skippered boat is just...

Sailing-Iker bounces back to take Volvo Ocean race first leg

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - World sailor of the year Iker Martinez jumped from bottom to top spot when Telefonica stormed in past Table Mountain to complete a first-leg victory in the Volvo Ocean Race Saturday.The Spaniard, an Olympic gold medalist in 2004 ...

Abu Dhabi retires from Volvo race first leg

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet was reduced to four boats on Friday when Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing became the second team forced to pull out of the first leg because of the violent Mediterranean weather on the first night.The Emirati team ...

Volvo Ocean Race riding out economic storm

ALICANTE, Spain (Reuters) - Bruised and battered policymakers trying to steer the global economy through the current economic storm might empathize with the sailors exposed to the giant waves, hurricane-force winds and extreme temperatures of the Volvo Ocean Race.The eight-month, 39,000-nautical ...

China puts wind up elite with recruitment of top skipper

BEIJING (Reuters) - China launched its first serious step toward establishing itself among the sailing super-powers on Friday with the announcement of a government-funded Volvo Ocean Race entry skippered by one of the world's leading helmsmen.The world's most populous nation ...