MET School Senior Takes Thesis Around the World at Sea
On April 25th, James Rogers, a rising senior at Paul W. Crowley East Bay MET School, will take on an ambitious senior thesis project. Rogers will set sail from New […]
Hinckley Named Official Luxury Power Yacht of the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover
Sail Newport announces today that Hinckley, the builder of America’s finest yachts for 90 years, is an Official Port Sponsor and the Official Luxury Power Yacht Provider of the Volvo […]
Vestas 11th Hour Racing Arrives in New Zealand
On Monday, the Vestas 11th Hour Racing Volvo Ocean 65 race boat arrived in New Zealand for repairs. The team issued the following statement: On February 12th, the Vestas 11th Hour […]
Vestas 11th Hour Racing to Miss Leg 6
Vestas 11th Hour Racing has undertaken steps to repair their Volvo Ocean 65 yacht, which was involved in a collision with a non-racing vessel at the end of Leg 4 […]
Finding Solutions to Plastic Pollution
A Volvo Ocean Race workshop aimed at exploring the problems and solution to developing sustainable waste management initiatives for events in Hong Kong. To engage a range of local stakeholder […]
Statement from Vestas 11th Hour Racing
Vestas 11th Hour Racing has informed Volvo Ocean Race that the team will not be participating in inshore racing in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China, as well as Leg 5 […]
Vestas 11th Hour Racing Back on the Water
Vestas 11th Hour Racing is back in the water, with a test sail anticipated later this week. The boat had been shipped to New Zealand for repairs following a collision […]
14 Fun Facts about the Newport Stopover
The Volvo Ocean Race is the world’s most challenging ocean race, circumnavigating the planet and covering 45,000+ nautical miles, and it will make Newport its only stopover in all of North America. […]
Vestas 11th Hour Racing Back in Action
When Vestas 11th Hour Racing rejoins the Volvo Ocean Race for the grueling Leg 7—from New Zealand, across the Southern Ocean, past Cape Horn and into Brazil—the crew will do […]