Add to that the expenses for sails, rigging, navigation equipment, crew salaries, training, travel to regattas around the world, and entry fees for prestigious events like the Volvo Ocean Race or ...

Luke Molloy, Helmsman & sail trimmer on teamAkzoNobel explains: "We realised that the race was 1.5 times the length of any previous Volvo Ocean Race. So we allocated enough garments per sailor to get ...

A Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black Chronograph Volvo Ocean Race with Calibre 9900, limited to 73 pieces only. This number might strike as odd, but it refers to 1973 when the first race was held (then ...

The Volvo Ocean Race, considered by many to be the most grueling and demanding sailing competition in the world, concluded in The Hague, Netherlands, after seven racing teams competed around the ...

The 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race featured 23 female sailors as well as 30 sailors under the age of 30. Both were records for the race. This is a trend to be encouraged for the future.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If the America’s Cup is the Formula One of sailing, then the Volvo Ocean Race must be the ...

“In Asia it’s pretty much plastic bottles and cups and straws and plastic bags and clothing and you see that every day,” says Sehested, who made his debut in the biennial Volvo Ocean Race in ...

The 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race is under way with a united push for increased global sustainability and an improvement in ocean health. Jeremie Lecaudey/Volvo Ocean Race ...

Watershed moment for women sailors in grueling, 45,000 mile Volvo Ocean Race . The race is nine months long. By Radhika Chalasani. May 22, 2018, 6:00 AM.

This week in Newport, Rhode Island, the Volvo Ocean Race, sailing’s grueling round-the-world competition, pulled into port upon the completion of Leg 8 (of 11 total) for the race’s only North ...