It’s no secret that the Volvo Ocean Race is one of the most grueling challenges in world sport. Sailing’s premier around-the-world race pits the best professional crews against each other ...

“The Volvo Ocean Race has always been the ultimate test ... as the Jules Verne Trophy for the fastest non-stop time around-the-world, held by the 105ft trimaran IDEC SPORT in 40 days 23 hours.

This time, the race starts in Alicante, Spain and heads south, then east around the bottom of ... luck. Each Volvo Ocean 65 was designed by Farr Yacht Designs, a legendary firm known for its ...

The Volvo Ocean Race, one of the toughest sailing ... The DongFeng Race Team sailed to victory on Sunday evening, finishing the around-the-world race just 16 minutes ahead of the pack.

No, the Volvo Ocean Race that sails around the world and finds its seventh port here serves also as a human primer. As it prepares to lurch Sunday from this sail-mad spot toward Lisbon across the ...

Since around the world sail racing began in the 1960 ... sail identical boats provided by the Volvo Ocean Race. Each monohull was designed in the U.S., and components were built in four European ...

Sailing history was made on Sunday, as two women tasted victory in the around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race for the first time. Carolijn Brouwer and Marie Riou were part of the Dongfeng crew that ...

A British yachtsman who fell overboard during an around-the-world race is presumed "lost at sea," according to race organizers. John Fisher, 47, was competing in the Volvo Ocean Race with the ...

Competing in the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race is not for the weak of heart ... Theirs is not a nine-to-five existence, but a life which revolves around a ticking clock and the rising and ...

waves and temperatures that rarely venture above 40° -- enough to earn the Volvo Ocean Race the nickname "the Mount Everest of Sailing." To get around the world alive--let alone in first place ...

The three double-handed boats in the Portimão Global Ocean Race crossed the Leg 3 Pacific Ocean scoring gate at 130°W on Friday, March 7, separated by less than two hours.