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Britain’s Dee Caffari will lead ‘Turn the Tide on Plastic’ – a mixed, youth focused team with a strong sustainability message in the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. Her campaign, already backed by the Mirpuri Foundation and Ocean Family Foundation, is dedicated to the issue of ocean health. The sixth confirmed …

With 7 boats refitted, and Team AkzoNobel’s new boat being fitted out, the Boatyard team is on the final stretch of a marathon which has been months in the making. Can they complete the final stretch against the clock? It’s the first time in the sport’s history that a refit …

A brand digitally restored version of the official film for the 1973-74 Whitbread Round the World Race (now Volvo Ocean Race). The 1973–74 Whitbread Round the World Race, the first edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race, started off from Portsmouth, England on 8 September 1973. Seventeen yachts of …

With team AkzoNobel’s boat now almost complete, it’s ready to leave Persico Marine in Bergamo, Italy, and head to the Boatyard facility in Lisbon, Portugal. But it won’t be an easy trip – with the multi-million euro racing yacht making a 2000km journey by Volvo truck. This is a behind-the-scenes …

Dongfeng Race Team have confirmed four more crew members for their 2017-18 campaign, including the returning Chinese trio of Black, Wolf and Horace The Chinese sailors are Jiru Yang, aged 26, who uses the English name Wolf; Liu Xue, 24, known as Black, and Chen Jinhao, 25, Horace. They are …

Guillaume Verdier is working on plans for the next generation Volvo Ocean Race One Design – and the final decision on monohull vs. multihull is now just weeks away… Verdier and his team of designers will be working alongside a Volvo Ocean Race Advisory Board, featuring race veterans and team directors. …

France’s Guillaume Verdier to lead new design project for 14th edition, with Persico Marine selected as lead boatbuilder. While final preparations and team announcements continue for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18, the event’s leadership team are working in parallel to map out the race’s future. The edition after this one, the …

Thursday afternoon (March 30), while the team was sailing about seven nautical miles SW of the island of Ons (Pontevedra) near their home base in around 25 knots of wind and four meter high waves, the VO65 MAPFRE’s mast broke below the first spreader. “There was a crash and then …

Dongfeng Race Team have selected Carolijn Brouwer and Marie Riou for their Volvo Ocean Race campaign in 2017-18 – a move that confirms the impact of a rule change introduced by the race to encourage mixed male-female crews Dongfeng Race Team have selected Carolijn Brouwer and Marie Riou for their Volvo …

Jérémie Beyou, fresh from his third place in the Vendée Globe, will swap solo sailing for the sport’s toughest team challenge, after the Frenchman was announced as part of a trio of world-class sailors joining Dongfeng Race team for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. Beyou joins two other vastly experienced …