That’s it. The seven teams are leaving Alicante, Spain for the first leg of their round the world race. And first, they have to go through the capricious Mediterranean sea with its thunderstorms and ...

Normally when professional sailors have been at sea for a long leg in the Volvo Ocean race it is easy to get them to reflect back on the entire period offshore. In this case it was the 5,220-nautical ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Team Dongfeng and French skipper Charles Caudrelier made a last-leg navigational gamble pay off to win the Volvo Ocean Race, prevailing in a three-boat sprint to the ...

ALICANTE, Spain (AP) — America's Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist Peter Burling has joined Team Brunel for the Volvo Ocean Race. If Team Brunel wins the bluewater classic, Burling would become ...

Seven of the world's biggest and fastest sailboats are making pit stops on the East Coast of the United States. They're midway through the globe-circling "Volvo Ocean Race." The boats are big, nimble, ...

The race around the world, The Ocean Race, which takes about six months to sail and brings teams to some of the most treacherous waters on Earth, is currently on a stopover in Newport, R.I. where ...

Abu Dhabi, Oct. 25th, 2011 (WAM) -- Swedens Minister of Trade, Ewa Bjorling has said that Abu Dhabis New Year hosting of the Volvo Ocean Race will be a great platform for Swedish business and culture.

Volvo will unveil the third in its series of new concepts to the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, but it will also bring a flotilla of special editions to the Swiss show. The V70 and XC70 are getting ...