Charles Caudrelier
Summer in the Roaring Forties
The Volvo Ocean Race boats passed back into the supposedly 'Roaring Forties' yesterday, but with it came a change in conditions, ith the furious blasting reaching conditions abating, the wind backi
Fast progress
Since passing New Zealand's East Cape yesterday afternoon (UTC), the six VO65s have been heading out into the open water with their next landfall set to be Cape Horn more than 4000 miles away with
Leg five underway
After a 67 hour delay to let Cyclone Pam pass by, leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race set off from Auckland at 0900 local time (2000 Tuesday UTC).
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
...and the rest
Following the arrival of the top three into Auckland, with victorious MAPFRE separated by just eight minutes from third placed Dongfeng Race Team, Team Alvimedica arrived just one hours and 19
Line honours for MAPFRE
Proving that you can never rest on your laurels in a grand prix round the world race in one designs, in the three-way horse race to the Auckland finish line, it was the Spanish VO65 MAPFRE
Final meltdown
The Volvo Ocean Race leaders can all but smell New Zealand now with North Cape from 50 miles off to starboard off the race leaders and with Cape Brett, effectively the next turning mark of the cour
Procession towards Auckland
While 'buffalo girls' manoeuvres earlier on in leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race provided us with some entertaining viewing, the result of this has subsequently come to nothing and the order of the

