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 ...

Navigators on racing yachts face complex challenges that go well beyond plotting a course. Their idol is a man known ...

Collision, wind shifts and possible orca attacks combined with hunger, bland food and sleep deprivation are daily fare during 42 days of The Ocean Race Europe, which has now entered the Mediterranean ...

Two teams participating in the six-month-long Ocean Race have reported run-ins with killer whales, including one encounter that saw orcas accelerate toward a racing yacht, ram into it and bite the ...

Wild conditions have taken a heavy toll on the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, with 19 yachts forced out as the contest for line ...

Orcas have attacked a boat crewed by a team of sailors taking part in an around-the-world yacht race. A Dutch team competing in the Ocean Race, usually held every three or four years, had a terrifying ...

Defending champion and 100-foot supermaxi LawConnect led the Sydney to Hobart fleet out of Sydney harbor on Friday for the ...

Strong southerlies and big ocean swell are shaping as the defining features of the opening stages of the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, equating to a demanding first night at sea.

Fathers, mothers, daughters, sons and even twin brothers have tackled this race together, saying it’s an exciting bonding ...

We had 55 knots, one degree water temperatures, 10m to 12m seas. The Southern Ocean has horrendous crap. During the day you ...

Team JAJO had some special –– and terrifying –– visitors while sailing in the Strait of Gibraltar as part of the 2023 Ocean Race on Thursday. A group of orcas, otherwise known as killer whales, ...

On Sunday 10 December, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet departs Cape Town and plunges south, into the mysterious Southern Ocean. With double points up for grabs, it means that Leg 3 could be a game changer ...