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News from the front of the VOR

  • November 13, 2001

Kevin Shoebridge aboard Tyco comments about their position and the sort of conditions they are likely to expect within the next few days

  • November 13, 2001

Kingfisher-Foncia has regained the lead from Groupama as the leaders of the multihull class emerge from the swamp of the Doldrums

  • November 13, 2001

Australia II will complete another successful chapter in its remarkable sailing career when she is returned to the Western Australian Maritime Museum

  • November 13, 2001

Serial world-girdler Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, onboard the 85ft Open class Adrien, has rounded Cape Horn

VOR fleet closes up in no wind

  • November 13, 2001

The VOR fleet has come to a standstill on their path south and there’s now just five miles separating the top seven boats

National 12s at Middle Nene

  • November 13, 2001

National 12 sailors enjoyed bright autumn sunshine and a Force 1-2 breeze at the Middle Nene SC annual Guy Fawkes open meeting

Youth team racing at Bowmoor

  • November 13, 2001

The RYA Youth Team Racing Championship, supported by Volvo and Ridgeway West, was sailed at Bowmoor SC on 10-11 November

djuice chases the lead

  • November 12, 2001

In an abating breeze, djuice dragons is chasing Tyco for the lead while illbruck is struggling to keep the water out

VOR latest

  • November 12, 2001

Tyco hangs onto a slim lead as the Volvo fleet heads south into the Southern Ocean

Spar trouble for TNZ

  • November 12, 2001

America’s Cup holders Team New Zealand are experiencing problems with their pioneering cathedral rigs

  • November 11, 2001

At 1616 GMT today, skipper Kevin Shoebridge and the crew of Team Tyco were leading the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race

  • November 11, 2001

Ellen MacArthur and Alain Gautier are struggling to defend Foncia-Kingfisher's 22-mile lead in the multihull class of the Transat Jacques Vabre

VOR final preparations

  • November 10, 2001

Tomorrow morning the eight VOR teams are facing a 6650-nautical mile leg to Sydney, Australia

VOR – the week that was

  • November 9, 2001

A look at the seventh week of the first leg of the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race Calm between the storms – has illbruck’s staggering protest result planted doubts about the…

  • November 9, 2001

PlayStation smashes the Round the Island record

New crew for Assa Abloy

  • November 8, 2001

Two new crewmen have been signed up for the second leg of the VOR aboard Assa Abloy

  • November 8, 2001

Steve Fossett's maxicat PlayStation has begun her attempt to break Tracy Edwards' Cowes-Dinard record