Offshore
Pam causes further delay
Team SCA won the Volvo Ocean Race’s Auckland In Port
Last boat round the Horn
Nandor Fa and Conrad Colman aboard Spirit of Hungary passed Cape Horn at 0613 UTC, the final boat to do so in the Barcelona World Race.
Guo Chuan acquires IDEC
China's leading offshore sailor Guo Chuan, who completed a solo circumnavigation aboard a Class 40 starting and finishing in China, has taken delivery of Francis Joyon's maxi trimaran IDEC
Second In Port race victory for Team SCA
Team SCA’s all-female crew today led the Volvo Ocean Race's New Zealand Herald In Port race on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour today from start to finish becoming the only team to date to win t
Lucky Friday 13th
Superstitions run deep among competitive sailors, especially French ocean racers.
Pam causes further delay
Cyclone Pam caused another postponement for the Leg 5 departure of the Volvo Ocean Race as organisers announced on Friday that the fleet would not now leave Auckland for Itajaí, Brazil, unti
No laurel resting
Cheminées Poujoulat's lead in the Barcelona World Race is being eroded the rate of over 100 miles a day by the ever tenacious duo of Guillermo Altadill and José Munoz on
VOR leg five postponed
The start of leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race from Auckland, New Zealand to Itajaí, Brazil, has been delayed due to the development of a cyclone.
Hurricane force Cape Horn
On Day 70 of the Barcelona World Race, Jörg Riechers and Sébastien Audigane revealed that they encountered 70-knot gusts after rounding Cape Horn yesterday.
Cheese back on the bus
Laurent Pagès is standing down from Team Brunel for the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race because of an injury. The French sailor broke two ribs during the stopover in Auckland.