Fancy a ride in the Southern Ocean?

Into the Roaring Forties As the Volvo fleet head further across the Southern Ocean, we take a look at the latest blogs straight off the yachts. It doesn’t sound pretty… Leg 5 onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Volvo Ocean Race- Leg 5- New Zealand to Brazil It’s that famous stretch of the Volvo Ocean Race, Leg…

With her low freeboard, hard chines and a foredeck as open as a cricket pitch, the Farr 280 is all about performance, says Matthew Sheahan At 28ft LOA and weighing in at 1,600kg with a downwind sail area that is just short of three times her upwind sail plan, the Farr 280 is designed to…

Florence Arthaud had an extraordinary career and seemed quite indestructible, says Elaine Bunting Florence Arthaud It feels unreal that Florence Arthaud is gone. She always seemed the most indestructible of sailors, less vulnerable than many of the male solo sailors I’ve met: truly strong and with a calm aura of inner strength. I always thought…

The 72-foot Mini Maxi declared the overall winner as she achieves a podium finish 3 years in a row. Hap Fauth’s American JV72, Bella Mente has been declared the overall winner of the 2015 RORC Caribbean 600. Whilst several yachts are still racing, by the morning of Friday 27th February none of the remaining teams…

Toby Hodges looks at this new Chinese-built 28-footer One-designs can provide fun, fair racing, as epitomised by the Volvo Ocean Race fleet currently sliding round the planet. But modern one-designs tend to come with off-putting prices, particularly if the sail inventories are not capped. This new Far east 28R has been conceived as a fast,…