

VOR: Credibility gap grows
GUANGZHOU, CHN – Vestas 11th Hour Racing won’t be sailing in Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Hong Kong to Auckland, New Zealand....


VOR: ‘Deeply saddened’ Volvo Ocean Race organisers supporting investigation into fatal Hong Kong cra
HONG KONG – Above is the headline in today's South China Morning Post, in follow up to their story yesterday (that we linked to here on...


VOR Breaking: SI has the scoop on the Vestas collision; you're not going to believe it
SAN FRANCISCO – One hears from a normally highly reliable source close to Vestas 11th Hour Racing that the collision Vestas had early...


VOR Breaking: Race Control has asked AkzoNobel to divert to Vestas
ALICANTE – Just tweeted from Volvo Ocean Race Headquarters: UPDATE ON VESTAS 11TH HOUR RACING SITUATION: Race Control at the Volvo Ocean...


VOR: Vestas is seriously impaired and continues to drift downwind; about to be passed by AkzoNobel i
HONG KONG – From the VOR Live Race Tracker it is obvious that Vestas 11th Hour Racing is seriously impaired, drifting downwind at 2-3...


VOR: Crews put in final prep for Leg 4 from Melbourne to new stopover in Hong Kong; Franck Cammas (F
MELBOURNE – With Christmas and boat repairs behind them, and some new crewmembers lined up, the teams in the Volvo Ocean Race are ready...

VOR: Dongfeng and MAPFRE battle for the Leg 3 lead; gybe fest along the AIEZ has finally ended
EN ROUTE CAPE TOWN TO MELBOURNE – "As most of you would see we have done more than 30 gybes in around 24 hours – you can imagine not much...


VOR: Video from aboard AkzoNobel before, during and after the gybe that ripped the sail track off th
LEG 3, CAPE TOWN TO MELBOURNE – The Volvo Ocean Race broadcast team have just released a dramatic 3m10s video from onboard AkzoNobel...


VOR: AkzoNobel tears mainsail track off mast during a gybe in 35kts; headsails only for the remainin
EN ROUTE CAPE TOWN TO MELBOURNE – AkzoNobel has informed Volvo Ocean Race headquarters by email that the mainsail luff track ripped off...


VOR: AkzoNobel announces that Jules Salter (GBR) is re-joining the team, Chris Nicholson (AUS) and P
LISBON – Immediately after today's Lisbon In-Port Race, Team AkzoNobel issued a press release confirming what Sailing Illustrated readers...