Volvo Ocean Race: From the Skippers
The ultimate test in team sport, the Volvo Ocean Race, starts on Sunday, when seven of the best sailing teams in the world cross the starting line off Alicante, Spain.
The ultimate test in team sport, the Volvo Ocean Race, starts on Sunday, when seven of the best sailing teams in the world cross the starting line off Alicante, Spain.
Alinghi and Land Rover BAR Academy were the teams to beat on the opening day of the penultimate Act of the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series™ in San Diego.
Twenty-five years after solo circumnavigator Mike Plant’s death, director Thomas Simmons debuts a feature film capturing the spirit of his late uncle.
In the kick off in-port race in Alicante, Mapfre once again showed their dominance, racking up another win.
The penultimate Act of the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series™ starts in San Diego in one week’s time with an eight-strong fleet – including two US-flagged wildcards.
In a slow, but thrilling light air finish to the Volvo Ocean Race Prologue, Mapfre edged out Team Brunel to take yet another win.
With greater ingenuity, a faster platform, and the determination to bring the America’s Cup back to Auckland, Emirates Team New Zealand stole the show in Bermuda.
The first 24-hours of the Prologue leg from Lisbon to Alicante brought tricky, light conditions to the fleet in the Mediterranean.
In the second rankings of the 2017 fall season, the Cougars and the Bulldogs top the coed fleet, while Yale and Coast Guard dominate the women’s.
![["Day 2] was a perfect day for us, the goal was to sail the exact same type of race we were going to sail yesterday," said Bella Mente's Tactician Terry Hutchinson, adding that the team still hopes to capture first place in the final two races this week, to help make up the score gap after a minor equipment failure forced them to withdraw from Day One of racing. "Hap nailed the start as the pin-end boat. The whole fleet tacked and we went a little further and got a really nice lefty. We sailed up and around the boats to leeward of us and from there it was a matter of good boat handling and executing the sail changes well, which the guys did."](https://www.sailingworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img_0424cmartin-keruzore-copier-1024x683-1.jpg?w=800)
American businessmen Hap Fauth and Doug DeVos announce their intent to challenge for the 36th America’s Cup.
The biggest event of the entire 2017 Melges 20 World League season gets underway this week, October 2-7, hosted by the New York Yacht Club
“These young sailors have the passion and drive to prove a point that they should be there and not the salty old guys that have been around four or five times.”
The ultimate test in team sport, the Volvo Ocean Race, starts on Sunday, when seven of the best sailing teams in the world cross the starting line off Alicante, Spain.
Alinghi and Land Rover BAR Academy were the teams to beat on the opening day of the penultimate Act of the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series™ in San Diego.
Twenty-five years after solo circumnavigator Mike Plant’s death, director Thomas Simmons debuts a feature film capturing the spirit of his late uncle.
In the kick off in-port race in Alicante, Mapfre once again showed their dominance, racking up another win.
The penultimate Act of the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series™ starts in San Diego in one week’s time with an eight-strong fleet – including two US-flagged wildcards.
In a slow, but thrilling light air finish to the Volvo Ocean Race Prologue, Mapfre edged out Team Brunel to take yet another win.
With greater ingenuity, a faster platform, and the determination to bring the America’s Cup back to Auckland, Emirates Team New Zealand stole the show in Bermuda.
The first 24-hours of the Prologue leg from Lisbon to Alicante brought tricky, light conditions to the fleet in the Mediterranean.
In the second rankings of the 2017 fall season, the Cougars and the Bulldogs top the coed fleet, while Yale and Coast Guard dominate the women’s.
American businessmen Hap Fauth and Doug DeVos announce their intent to challenge for the 36th America’s Cup.
The biggest event of the entire 2017 Melges 20 World League season gets underway this week, October 2-7, hosted by the New York Yacht Club
“These young sailors have the passion and drive to prove a point that they should be there and not the salty old guys that have been around four or five times.”
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