North Sails is excited to welcome world-renown sailor #ianwalker to their management team. Walker is a two-time Olympic medalist, an America’s Cup veteran, and winner of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 a...
New Zealand’s #blairtuke is joining #mapfre in the #volvooceanrace in 2017-18, and could become the first sailor in history to win the ‘Triple Crown’ of an Olympic gold medal, the America’s Cup and th...
Hamilton (Bermuda). With preparations for the 35th America’s Cup in full swing, #oracle TEAM USA and skipper Jimmy Spithill received a visit from a big name from the world of motorsport: BMW works dri...
The Chinese sailors are #jiruyang, aged 26, who uses the English name Wolf; #liuxue, 24, known as Black, and #chenjinhao, 25, Horace. They are joined by Australian/British sailor #jackbouttell in a fo...
France’s #guillaumeverdier to lead new #design project for 14th edition, with Persico Marine selected as lead boatbuilder- France’s #guillaumeverdier to lead new #design project for 14th edition, with...
Willy Altadill, the 24-year-old from Barcelona, who made his debut with MAPFRE last race, is the son of round-the-world veteran Guillermo Altadill.The 24-year-old from Barcelona, who made his debut wi...
Vestas are returning to the Volvo Ocean Race for a second consecutive edition, after launching their 2017-18 campaign in partnership with 11th Hour Racing at simultaneous events in Newport, Rhode Isla...
Spanish team MAPFRE have signed Britain’s #robgreenhalgh as a watch captain for their 2017-18 campaign.Greenhalgh, who returns for his fifth #volvooceanrace and second with MAPFRE, is the campaign's f...
ALICANTE, #spain, March 8 – Team AkzoNobel will compete in the 2017-18 edition of the #volvooceanrace in a brand new boat.Team AkzoNobel, led by Dutch skipper #simeontienpont, will tackle sailing’s to...
Ñeti, the 35-year-old from Santander in the north of Spain, will be taking part in the race for the fourth successive edition. He made his debut on Telefónica Black in 2008-09 and returned with Tele...
Pablo Arrarte will be back for his fourth Volvo Ocean Race in 2017-18, joining Spanish team MAPFRE as watch captain. (full story below)Pablo Arrarte will be back for his fourth Volvo Ocean Race in 201...
The ninth edition of the #rorccaribbean600race set off yesterday from #antigua. The high-tech Italian ocean racing trimaran, #maserati #multi70, skippered by #giovannisoldini crossed the start line ...
Spain’s Olympic gold medallist #xabifernandez will return to skipper MAPFRE in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2017-18, the Spanish campaign announced on Friday, 17 February. The 40-year-old Xabi, who has tak...
Sir #benainslie and family christen #landroverbar America’s Cup race boat ‘Rita’ in BermudaLand Rover engineers’ expertise has helped design one of the fastest, most technically advanced race boat eve...
Press release available only in original language. There are 268 days until the #volvooceanrace fleet departs Alicante ahead of a 45,000 nautical mile marathon through the most challenging oceans on t...
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