A Look at the Teams for the 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race
October 13, 2017
The seven teams competing in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race are arguably the most experienced group of sailors to ever take part. Many of them
The seven teams competing in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race are arguably the most experienced group of sailors to ever take part. Many of them
With offshore sailboat racing now entering the “appendage age,” the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) may very well be the last great conventional monohull competition
Foiling boats bring the racing classic into the 21st century The Volvo Ocean Race recently announced some design changes for the 2019-20 event, and I
Just prior to the prologue, during which the seven teams competing in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race will assemble for the start of the race
In what is being described as a return to the Volvo Ocean Race’s roots, the route for the 2017-18 will feature almost three times as
Even as the America’s Cup continues to drift farther and farther away from North American sailing fans, the Volvo Ocean Race continues to sink deeper
U.S. sailors Charlie Enright and Mark Towill, co-leaders of Team Alvimedica in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race, have announced they are in for the 2017-18
Alvimedica co-leaders Charlie Enright and Mark Towill have announced they are collaborating with the marine environmental group 11th Hour Racing to take another stab at
When Vestas Wind ran aground on Cargados Carajos Shoal on the night of November 29, 2014, during the last Volvo Ocean Race, it came as
For years the Volvo Ocean Race has been synonymous with images of boats blasting their way through the Southern Ocean smothered in foam. This time
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