Charles Caudrelier
Vanuatu race re-start
Just when it looked like Team Brunel had put herself into an unassailable position on leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race, so the Doldrums have rolled the dice (in fact several times over the past day
Convergence
Despite some question marks over it on Friday, the 'buffalo girls' route has worked in particular for Team Brunel (less so for Team SCA) as the VO65s converge with the rest of the
Winning ticket
So the Volvo Ocean Race now has a 'double Buffalo girls' routine taking place.
Monster flier!
Close racing/formation flying is all well and good, but perpetually having to measure relative progress with a ruler - as we often find with this Volvo Ocean Race in one designs - gets a little mon
Coming up on course
As the six VO65s continue to slog their way eastwards on the wind across the South China Sea, leader Dongfeng Race Team at the latest sched has around 215 miles to sail before the point wh
Bang, crash eastward
Since setting sail from Sanya on leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race to Auckland yesterday, the six VO65s have found themselves pretty much for the first time in the race upwind in relativel
Auckland bound
Despite sailing with half her crew replaced for this leg, Dongfeng Race Team led the six boats out of Sanya today at the start of leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race bound for Auckland.
Another bullet for Dongfeng
Following her leg 3 victory into Sanya, China, Dongfeng Race Team earned another home team victory in an exciting three-lap, seven-mile Team Vestas Wind In-Port Race.
Miss World goes aloft
Miss World, Rolene Strauss, is used to being the focus of the photographer’s lens but on Thursday she turned the camera on herself to capture a ‘selfie’ up the 100ft mast of Dongf
1 hour 35 minutes separates the 'chasing pack'
Following Dongfeng Race Team's victory into Sanya, the 'chasing pack' has been streaming across the Volvo Ocean Race's leg 3 finish.