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Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:30:00
In this short extract from his book about the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09, Spanish Castle to White Night, Mark Chisnell writes about the watch systems used by the crews - the focus of the chapter about Leg Six.
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Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:15:00
With a third place finish into Stockholm, Ericsson 4 have delivered victory in the Volvo Ocean Race. From their first win in leg one into Cape Town, Torben Grael's men have been the team to beat. Now it turns out, nobody can...
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Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:30:00
Tidal flows, squalls, shifts - and ships - continue to play havoc with the fleet on Leg 8. PUMA has dropped to the bottom of the leaderboard after blowing out a spinnaker. At the head of the pack, Ericsson 4 and Green Dragon press on.
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Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:30:00
Now that the navigators have solved the puzzle of the Channel Islands, the fleet faces shipping lanes and an exclusion zone as it meanders through the Dover Strait. Telefonica Black and Green Dragon head a tightly-bunched pack.
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Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:00:00
You rarely see them on the podium, but the lights are always on in the boat builder’s sanctuary. Once the fleet arrives in port, they often work through the night, on a lenghty job list, to keep a Volvo Open 70 in one piece.
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Fri, 22 May 2009 13:30:00
The extreme downwind conditions of the past 24 hours have turned the Volvo Open 70s from racing thoroughbreds to wild beasts in this last ocean leg of 2008-09. It's been fast and furious in the Atlantic. Next stop Galway.
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Thu, 21 May 2009 16:30:00
The fleet is blasting downwind in Gulf Stream conditions – 25-30 knots, flat water and red morning sunshine – that can mean only one thing according to ocean racing folklore ... a cold front is approaching.
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Wed, 20 May 2009 16:30:00
The close-quarter reaching and tactical snakes and ladders around the ice exclusion zone is over. Telefonica Black and Ericsson 4 head the pack as they ease the sheets for the downwind passage to Galway.
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Tue, 19 May 2009 16:30:00
While the leading pack was preoccupied with pocketing maximum points at the Newfoundland scoring gate, there were gains to be had for the pursuers. Telefonica Black and Green Dragon have profited.
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Mon, 18 May 2009 16:30:00
The intensity of the battle at the front is insulating against the chilly, fog-bound conditions out in the northern Atlantic. Just six miles separate the leading five boats in the charge to the scoring gate off Newfoundland.