Tags : Volvo Ocean Race

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Newport Race Village is open!

On a sunny Rhode Island day, the Newport, RI Race Village opened in front of hundreds of visitors With all seven boats having arrived overnight on Monday into Tuesday morning, the Volvo Ocean 65s added a colourful backdrop to what was already a celebration in Newport – the home of American sailing. © Jesus Renedo/Volvo Ocean […]readmore

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Meet Team MAPFRE

  MAPFRE wins leg 8 Newport, Rhode Island MAPFRE return to the Volvo Ocean Race and their goal could not be clearer – to win the Volvo Ocean Race trophy for the first time in Spain’s history. Skipper Xabi Fernández has built a mixed and multinational squad brimming with honours – from Olympic gold medallists […]readmore

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Volvo Ocean Race, cambios importantes en la reglas

• Los equipos exclusivamente masculinos aún están permitidos, pero se incentiva el hecho de poder añadir a las mejores regatistas femeninas del mundo. • Es posible realizar diferentes combinaciones de tripulación en etapas distintas, dando a los patrones la posibilidad de seleccionar estrategias alternativas en función de la previsión meteorológica. • La regla de los […]readmore

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Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR) rounded off Leg 6 of the

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, May 7 – Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR) rounded off Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race on Thursday on a perfect, sun-bathed Newport morning with their heads held high, but a burning sense of what might have been. For so long in the 5,010-nautical mile (nm) leg to the American sailing capital […]readmore

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Welcome home, boys!

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, USA, May 7 – Tired, a little disappointed, but still proud, Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA) savoured their home town welcome in the small hours of Thursday as Newport residents stayed out in bitterly cold conditions to cheer them in. Skipper Enright grew up in nearby Bristol, but learned much of his craft […]readmore