VOR: Chuny Bermúdez joins Vestas 11th Hour Racing crew; pre-race press conference notes; In-Port rac
LISBON – Vestas 11th Hour Racing has just issued a press release confirming what Sailing Illustrated readers knew yesterday – that...
VOR breaking: One hears that Roberto 'Chuny' Bermúdez de Castro (ESP) is joining Vestas 11th
LISBON – More breaking news today from the Volvo Ocean Race that you are again reading first here on Sailing Illustrated. Your Ed. is...
VOR: Vestas 11th Hour Racing (USA) off to good start with solid Leg 1 win over favored MAPFRE (ESP)
LISBON, POR – Not long after Vestas 11th Hour Racing sailed up the Tagus River to cross the finish line of the opening leg of the Volvo...
VOR: Charlie Enright's (USA) Vestas 11th Hour Racing still leading, MAPFRE 2nd, Akzo and Dongfen
LISBON, POR - The USA's Charlie Enright, skipper of Vestas 11th Hour Racing, continues to hold a nice lead (about 21nm) over MAPFRE, the...
VOR: Charlie Enright's (USA) Vestas 11th Hour Racing still leading, Mapfre pressing; race course
ALICANTE, ESP - We continue to use Alicante as the dateline because the Volvo Ocean Race HQ is in that city on Spain's SE coast, and...
VOR: Charlie Enright's (USA) Vestas 11th Hour Racing still leading; Akzo slips to 3rd behind Map
ALICANTE – At 1300 UTC today (0600 PDT, 1.5 hours ago) Vestas still had a nice 20 mile lead over now second place Mapfre as the fleet...
VOR: Vestas 11th Hour Racing, skippered by Charlie Enright (USA), the early leader in Leg 1 as the f
ALICANTE, ESP – With still 1000nm to go in the 1450nm Leg 1 from Alicante to Lisbon, there likely will be a few stops and starts for the...
VOR: MAPFRE wins Leg Zero even as Vestas 11th Hour Racing and other teams show round-the-world race
LISBON, POR – Spanish team MAPFRE has won Leg Zero, the prologue to the Volvo Ocean Race, and has to be considered the favorite going...
VOR: MAPFRE continues domination of Leg Zero by winning first half of final leg
SAINT-MALO, FRA – MAPFRE continued to dominate the Volvo Ocean Race qualifying and kept on track to win Leg Zero when it claimed victory...
Volvo Ocean Race: TEAM VESTAS arrives in Newport
TEAM VESTAS arrived In Newport around 0800 EDT Friday morning. Despite the fog and rain, an enthusiastic crowd gathered to welcome Vestas...
