Ocean Race News
#vor – After 19 days & 3,000 miles sailed in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, the top three teams can still see each other as they approach Cape Town, south Africa and the end of leg one.…
#VOR - All seven teams in the Volvo Ocean Race have crossed the Doldrums into the Southern Hemisphere as they make tracks towards Cape Town on the first leg of the 12 edition. And for Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's onboard…
#justinslattery – Born in Cork, grew up in Ireland, Justin Slattery learnt to sail in Cork Harbour with Eddie English writes Marcus Hutchinson. By signing up to sail on board Abu Dhabi in this year's Volvo Ocean Race and sail…
#vor – Team Vestas Wind, with Kerry's Brian Carlin onboard, gambled – and lost big time – during a night of movement and a lead change in the fleet. Now the lead is taken by pre race favourite Abu–Dhabi with Cork bowman…
#VOR - More than two years in the making, the 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race finally gets under way with the first leg from Alicante to Cape Town tomorrow Saturday 11 October. Seven teams comprising 66 sailors and…
Irish Photographer Brian Carlin Joins VOR Media Team For 'World's Most Extreme Yacht Race'
16th September 2014 Ocean Race
#VOR - It's been a whirlwind few weeks for Team Vestas Wind, the seventh and final entry in the next Volvo Ocean Race, which sets sail around the world in just 18 days' time. And it's been no less hectic…
#VOR - The last team to be confirmed for the next Volvo Ocean Race proved their 'dark horse' label all too true as they sailed to victory in Leg 0 in Alicante. In the final significant test of the new…
#VOR - Over on the official Volvo Ocean Race website, Jonno Turner comments on some of the latest scuttlebutt among the seven teams that will compete in the next edition of the race, which sets sail in just 39 days'…
#vor – Vestas, the world's leading wind energy company, was today announced as the seventh and final boat for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15. Six-time world champion Chris Nicholson, who will be contesting his fifth race, will skipper the boat…
#vor – Iker Martínez will again be leading the Spanish challenge for the Volvo Ocean Race in 2014-15, his team confirmed today. The 37-year-old Basque sailor, who has just been crowned European champion in the Nacra 17 multihull class, is…
#VOR - Wired gets on board with Team Alvimedica to peruse the state-of-the-art Volvo 65 as training progresses ahead of the next Volvo Ocean Race later this year. Already described as 'a tougher beast all round' by those in the…
#vor – Spain is back for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 with a boat spearheaded by two of the country's leading sailors, Iker Martínez and Xabi Fernandez who will be aiming to help claim their nation's first victory. It's the…
#VOR - Team New Zealand is giving this year's Volvo Ocean Race a miss, instead fixing their sights on the America's Cup. As the New Zealand Herald reports, the team that finished second in overall points in the last edition…
#VOR - Scuttlebutt Sailing News reports on the American-led Team Alvimedica, the latest - and youngest - team to hit the water running in their preparations for this year's Volvo Ocean Race start. Spearheaded by young guns Mark Towill and…
#VOR - Record-breaking British yachtswoman Dee Caffari has confirmed her membership of Team SCA competing in this year's Volvo Ocean Race. Writing on her website on Monday 17 March, the offshore specialist broke her radio silence since the New Year,…
#vor – Sail into a Volvo garage next weekend and you could win a family holiday to Spain for the start of the Volvo Ocean Race next October. The great prize for sailors is part of a Volvo promotion from…
