After a fast Atlantic crossing, the Volvo 65 is first to reach Saint Lucia in the 40th running of the ARC. The post Volvo 65 ...

When Farr Yacht Design drafted the Volvo Ocean Race’s new one-design, the mandate was simple: make it fast, make it powerful, and make it last. To live up to the race’s extreme status, the boat’s ...

* High-tech, carbon-fibre boats are also media platforms * Round-world race considered "Mount Everest" of sailing * Race CEO says uniform design brings down costs By Michael Roddy HYTHE, England, ...

For the 2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race, which began at its home port in Alicante, Spain, on Oct. 11, 2014, and ended June 27, 2015, in Gothenburg, Sweden, all seven competing 65-class sailboats were built ...

As he guided his high-tech 65-foot racing yacht over the equator in late October, charting a course for the tip of South Africa, Charlie Enright endured some good-natured ribbing from his veteran crew ...

HYTHE, England (Reuters) - Despite embarking on a 40,000-mile adventure across some of the world's most deserted seas and oceans, there will be no hiding place for the crews of the Volvo Ocean Race, ...