
Volvo Ocean Race Rule Changes to Grow Female Participation
Changes to the rules for the 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race will work to grow the participation of top-level female sailors.

Changes to the rules for the 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race will work to grow the participation of top-level female sailors.

The Extreme Sailing Series lineup for 2017 has been revealed and racing will once again return to the US for a stop in San Diego.

The start of the Race is still over a year away – but at the Boatyard facility in Lisbon a team of boatbuilding experts is already working against the clock.

Thalassa Magenta Racing in partnership with The Magenta Project will make its debut as the first all-female team to compete in the Extreme Sailing Series.

For the experts at North Sails, when it comes to designing new cloth, data is king.

As the season soldiers on, points grow closer together. For now, the leaders stay ahead, but they’re far from safe at the top.

Stiff competition and big breeze greeted sailors at day one of the 2016 J/70 World Championship in San Francisco.

It was an all foiler podium at the first race of the Azimut Challenge in Lorient, with the new generation of IMOCA 60s proving their grit on the course.

At the age of 78, 12-time Laser Masters world champion Peter Seidenberg is more youthful than Peter Pan.

The summer sailing season is at an end, but for the warm waters of Florida, there are still plenty of events to come this winter.

In his meticulous preparation for the Vendée Globe, France’s Armel Le Cléac’h proves he is in the hunt.

After losing their mast to a collision, Alinghi’s allstar shore crew got the team back on the water for the final day to seal the Act 6 Victory.

Changes to the rules for the 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race will work to grow the participation of top-level female sailors.

The Extreme Sailing Series lineup for 2017 has been revealed and racing will once again return to the US for a stop in San Diego.

The start of the Race is still over a year away – but at the Boatyard facility in Lisbon a team of boatbuilding experts is already working against the clock.

Thalassa Magenta Racing in partnership with The Magenta Project will make its debut as the first all-female team to compete in the Extreme Sailing Series.

For the experts at North Sails, when it comes to designing new cloth, data is king.

As the season soldiers on, points grow closer together. For now, the leaders stay ahead, but they’re far from safe at the top.

Stiff competition and big breeze greeted sailors at day one of the 2016 J/70 World Championship in San Francisco.

It was an all foiler podium at the first race of the Azimut Challenge in Lorient, with the new generation of IMOCA 60s proving their grit on the course.

At the age of 78, 12-time Laser Masters world champion Peter Seidenberg is more youthful than Peter Pan.

The summer sailing season is at an end, but for the warm waters of Florida, there are still plenty of events to come this winter.

In his meticulous preparation for the Vendée Globe, France’s Armel Le Cléac’h proves he is in the hunt.

After losing their mast to a collision, Alinghi’s allstar shore crew got the team back on the water for the final day to seal the Act 6 Victory.
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