Line honours for MAPFRE

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…

Spirit of Hungary skipper Nandor Fa suffers a head injury whilst up the mast attempting to ease jammed mainsail Spirit of Hungary (Nandor Fa, Conrad Colman) Having to stitch up your crewmate’s head wound whilst slamming over rough seas in the Southern Ocean is a nightmare situation that even the most experienced of medics would…

Americas Cup news and the new foiling cat has been revealed. Here’s what makes it special and the reason why the big change has come about In contrast to the usual razzamatazz of a busy press conference hosted in the next Cup location, (I wish), the announcement of the new class for the next America’s…

Arriving at the marina and contemplating your exit can present a daunting view, but cats are easier to handle under power than you may think. Multihull expert Nigel Irens explains how to get off the dock with the minimum of fuss The attraction of sailing a boat that offers the vast living space only found…

We start every watch with one-hour grinding, sometimes two I was really down More words from the crews to match some of the best pictures from leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race from China to New Zealand. In the third of our Volvo Ocean Race video documentaries from the stopover in Auckland, Louis Balcaen…

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…