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VOR UPDATE: Dongfeng Race Team Makes History in Leg 3 Win

They kept us waiting – but victory surely tasted all the sweeter for that when Dongfeng Race Team nudged gently past the finish line in Sanya, China on ...
On January 28, 2015 / By Administrator
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VOR Sailors See Disturbing Amounts of Pollution in Asia

Bouwe Bekking, skipper of Team Brunel, is not impressed with what he has seen in Asian waters. His focus is the amount of garbage witnessed during the Volvo ...
On January 21, 2015 / By Administrator
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VOR UPDATE: Tough Leg 3 is Underway

“No one wants to be the first or the last to gybe.” Andrew Cape jokes through the Inmarsat iSat phone from the middle of the Arabian Sea. Team ...
On January 8, 2015 / By Administrator
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Vestas Wind: A Tale of Escape

Team Vestas Wind’s nine ship-wrecked men finally made it back to civilization yesterday, telling of their amazing escape from a collision with an Indian Ocean reef which grounded ...
On December 3, 2014 / By Administrator
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Big Breeze Helps Send VOR Crews Out of Cape Town on Leg 2

Sailors are hardly the breed to complain about too much breeze but up to 35 knots for the Leg 2 opening circuits around Table Bay followed by warnings ...
On November 19, 2014 / By Administrator
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VOR UPDATE: Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Wins Leg One

Ian Walker’s face looked like it had aged 10 years, his red-raw eyes maybe 20. But his Volvo Ocean Race homecoming was worth the effort, marked by his ...
On November 6, 2014 / By Administrator
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VOR UPDATE: Tip-Toeing Through the South Atlantic

In a surprise plot twist, the weather routing models for the Volvo Ocean Race teams are now showing the low in the southern latitudes that all the teams ...
On October 30, 2014 / By Administrator
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Americans, Team Alvimedica take first blood in Volvo Ocean Race

Team Alvimedica has taken first blood in the Volvo Ocean Race, winning the 7.8 nm In-Port Race, passing Ian Walker’s Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing mid way through the six-leg ...
On October 9, 2014 / By Administrator
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Sam Davies Going Around Again

The only woman to compete in the last Vendée Globe is getting ready to set off around the world again, but this time with a crew and with ...
On August 27, 2014 / By Administrator
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China’s Pioneers: Around the world with no sleep and a new language

Are these the worst working hours in world sport? Twenty days at a time working four hours on and four hours off, crammed onto a boat with seven ...
On August 7, 2014 / By Administrator

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