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april 21, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet bid a lingering farewell after a successful stopover in Itajaí with an almost total lack of wind ensuring a go-slow departure for Leg 6 to Newport, Rhode Island, USA, on Su...



april 20, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) won an excruciatingly drawn-out Team Vestas Wind In-Port RaceItajaí in the Volvo Ocean Race on Saturday when a lack of breeze tested the sailors' patience and seamansh...



april 20, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) carry a seven-point advantage into the start of Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race on Sunday, but their team are taking nothing for granted. As skipper Walker told a...



april 20, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

The Spanish team MAPFRE were given a two-point penalty on Thursday by the ISAF-appointed independent jury for rules breaches during Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race. In separate decisions, the jury made ...



april 20, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

eam Vestas Wind (Chris Nicholson/AUS) shore manager Neil Cox has paid tribute to the joint efforts to return the Danish boat into the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 – and is cautiously optimistic they are o...



april 13, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) breathed a huge sigh of relief on Monday after the boat arrived in Itajaí right on schedule ready for the refit of a new mast. It has been a long journey fo...



april 07, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) buried the miserable memories of three years ago to win an epic Southern Ocean/south Atlantic crossing in Leg 5 and claim their second stage victory in the Volv...



april 01, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) continued to power towards Itajaí at the head of the fleet on Wednesday with the possibility of extending their overall Volvo Ocean Race lead tantalisingly with...



april 01, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

With last night's announcement that Dongfeng Race Team are set to retire from Leg 5, we get reaction from the sailors… Charles Caudrelier, Skipper We decided to retire from the leg. Considering the we...



march 31, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

Four boats in the Volvo Ocean Race celebrated rounding the venerated landmark of Cape Horn on Monday, a pleasure cruelly denied Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) after the Chinese boat’s mas...



march 31, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

Volvo Ocean Race organisers today (Monday) announced an exciting new partnership with the Genoa Boat Show giving fans the opportunity to see close up the boats currently in action in the middle of the...



march 31, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

Volvo Ocean Race can confirm that Dongfeng Race Team broke its mast early on Monday (GMT, March 30) but fortunately nobody has been injured and there is no immediate danger to the crew. The incident h...



march 26, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA), almost literally knocked off their feet just 48 hours earlier, retook the Volvo Ocean Race Leg 5 lead on Thursday. The Chinese boat was one of three to cra...



march 25, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

The race has been using the services of a Toulouse-based company, CLS, to advise on the placing of the ice limits**. Leg 5, which routes the fleet through the Southern Ocean on a 6,776-nautical mile (...



march 24, 2015 - Volvo Ocean Race

Four of the six Volvo Ocean Race boats suffered big hits as the Southern Ocean gave the fleet its roughest ride of the race in 12 dramatic hours. Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR), Dongfeng Race Team (Charles...