VOR Dramatics: Team Dongfeng Drops a Sail Overboard
Sailors love to say that when you hear the jib flapping, you’re basically just letting dollar bills drop into the water. Team Dongfeng dropped more than a few dollar bills overboard when they...
View ArticleVolvo Ocean Race Will Be Broadcast on NBCSN
NBC Sports Network, which was critically acclaimed for its 2013 coverage of the 34th America’s Cup, has signed on to provide full broadcast coverage in the U.S. of the 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean...
View ArticleTeam Vestas Wind Crash and Recovery Video
The nine-member crew of Team Vestas Wind was holed up, incommunicado, on the island of Ile du Sud for three days before releasing video footage of the collision between their Volvo ocean racer and a...
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Team Vestas Wind Cuts Navigator Verbraak
Team Vestas Wind has announced that navigator Wouter Verbraak will not be joining the crew for the next leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. Verbraak was the navigator onboard when the boat ran aground in the...
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Shipping Up to Newport for the Volvo Ocean Race Stopover
Headed up to Newport for the Volvo Ocean Race stopover May 5 through 17? Of course you are. With incredible sailing, great food, fun nightlife, and tons of places to hang out on land, Newport is our...
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Team Vestas Wind Grounding Report
Like everyone else, we watched the horrific video of Team Vestas Wind and wondered exactly how that could happen when you have the top sailing talent in the world combined with the best navigational...
View ArticleMapfre and the Crash Gybe
The whole VOR fleet is finally in the Southern Ocean right on the heels of ex-Cyclone Pam (which, really, is such a bad name for a cyclone), where they’ve been averaging 20 knots of boat speed. One of...
View ArticleDrone Footage of the Leg 6 Finish
They raced all the way from Itajai, Brazil, to Newport, RI, only to have the wind die just as they got in. However, light wind sailing always makes for the tightest battles. Watch as Teams Dongfeng and...
View ArticleThe Crash Through Brian Carlin’s Eyes
Brian Carlin was the onboard media person for Team Vestas Wind during the infamous grounding on the Cargados Carajos Shoals. Here is new footage of the crash from his perspective. The post The Crash...
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