The Volvo Ocean Race today unveiled a series of radical initiatives that will create the toughest all-round test in professional sailing and strengthen the appeal of the 44-year-old round-the-world ...

The Volvo Ocean Race is making a major rule change to give world-class female sailors a much clearer pathway to compete at the highest level of offshore sailing in the 2017-18 edition. In the first of ...

ALICANTE, Spain, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Bruised and battered policymakers trying to steer the global economy through the current economic storm might empathise with the sailors exposed to the giant waves, ...

ALICANTE, Spain, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The man at the helm of the Volvo Ocean Race, Knut Frostad, said on Friday he would be stepping down after eight years running offshore sailing's leading ...

Imagine owning one of the most celebrated offshore racing yachts in modern sailing history — Pyewacket 70. More than just a fast yacht, she's a proven platform for performance, prestige, and adventure ...

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 ...

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The Volvo Ocean Race’s depleted fleet set sail for China from Abu Dhabi on Saturday for arguably the toughest stage of the marathon nine-month event. The fleet has been reduced ...

HONG KONG — A sailboat competing in the Volvo Ocean Race, a marquee around-the-world sailing competition, collided with a Chinese fishing vessel near Hong Kong early Saturday, killing one of the ...

Last week in the sailing capital of Newport, R.I., watch brand Ulysse Nardin announced its sponsorship of the 11th Hour Racing Team and its effort to win next year’s Ocean Race, an around-the-world ...

It was as if the Doldrums did not exist as Mike Sanderson, leading the opening leg of the Volvo Race from Vigo to Cape Town, swept through to cross the Equator in ABN Amro 1 yesterday. Britain's Neal ...