Leg Zero not only takes care of the official qualifying for the Volvo Ocean Race – it’s also the first chance to see the teams in a competitive shakedown against each other. No points will be carried ...

Since 1973, the Volvo Ocean Race has provided the ultimate test of a team and a human adventure like no other. Over four decades it has kept an almost mythical hold over some of the greatest ever ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) Dirk de Ridder will sail the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race with Team Brunel, his first major competition since serving an 18-month suspension stemming from one of the biggest ...

An extraordinary challenge needs a trophy to match... Volvo, the Swedish carmaker which for quite some time has gotten us used to what they call the Volvo Ocean Race presented today in Alicante, Spain ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Team Dongfeng and French skipper Charles Caudrelier made a last-leg navigational gamble pay off to win the Volvo Ocean Race, prevailing in a three-boat sprint to the ...

Volvo will unveil the third in its series of new concepts to the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, but it will also bring a flotilla of special editions to the Swiss show. The V70 and XC70 are getting ...

Imagine owning one of the most celebrated offshore racing yachts in modern sailing history — Pyewacket 70. More than just a fast yacht, she's a proven platform for performance, prestige, and adventure ...

A second boat has pulled out of the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, leaving just four teams racing from Spain to Cape Town, South Africa. The Abu Dhabi boat sustained a broken mast just six hours ...

Team Vestas Wind will attempt to repair its 65-foot racing yacht and rejoin sailing’s round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race following a November wreck on a remote Indian Island shoal. (Read: "Sportsmanship ...

Alicante, Spain. 6 Nov. 2011 (WAM) - Ian Walker, skipper of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Arabias first entry in the grueling, 39,000 nautical mile Volvo Ocean Race which started from Alicante in Spain ...

Seven of the world's biggest and fastest sailboats are making pit stops on the East Coast of the United States. They're midway through the globe-circling "Volvo Ocean Race." The boats are big, nimble, ...

June 1 (Reuters) - The Volvo Ocean race will be under new ownership when the next edition of the round the world event starts in 2021 and could also have another class of boat competing, organisers ...