How is it possible for a yacht bristling with the latest technology to hit a well-known reef, as Volvo Ocean Race crew Team Vestas Wind did, with catastrophic consequences? How can it…
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First aerial shot of broken VOR 65 Team Vestas Wind on the Cargados Carajos Shoals, Mauritius
A picture posted on the Volvo Ocean Race website shows the sad wreckage of Chris Nicholson’s Volvo 65 Team Vestas Wind that ran aground. The nine-strong crew abandoned ship in…
Volvo Ocean Race skipper Chris Nicholson describes how his crew came to abandon their Volvo 65 and what happens next
– The damage is massive in the boat – We had to just hang with the boat breaking up around us – I can’t begin to describe how hard it…
Team Vestas crew abandon boat as they hit reef on the Cargados Carajos Shoals, Mauritius in Volvo Ocean Race
At 1510 UTC, Team Vestas Wind informed Race Control that their boat was grounded on the Cargados Carajos Shoals, 200nm north east of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. All nine…
Gallery photos of the Volvo Ocean Race yachts as they sail out of Cape Town in big winds
As the Volvo Ocean Race teams left Cape Town for leg 2 to Abu Dhabi, the team photographers took some of the best photos of the fleet to date. Here…
Volvo Ocean Race crews set out on Leg 2 from Cape Town with warnings of tropical storms ringing in their ears
The crews of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet set out yesterday on the 6,125-mile leg from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi with warnings of possible cyclone activity and tropical storms ringing in their…
Route du Rhum versus Volvo Ocean Race: the battle for hearts, minds and smartphone viewing
In November two of the greatest ocean races were playing out simultaneously: solo versus crewed. The Route du Rhum versus the closing first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. It…
Matthew Sheahan looks at why Volvo Ocean Race teams were taking seriously a race that counted for no points
Put bluntly, there was nothing to win and everything to lose for the teams competing in the in port race at Cape Town today. At least that’s how things looked…
Gallery of the Volvo Ocean Race
Gallery of the Volvo Ocean Race
Volvo Ocean Race Cape Town
The three remaining Volvo Ocean Race finishers provided very different moods as Leg 1 came to a close in Cape Town. Matthew Sheahan reports