Volvo Ocean Race finish port announced
The Swedish city of Gothenburg will be the final stop on the route for the 12th Volvo Ocean Race in 2014-15 and will also feature in the 13th edition under a two-race deal presented today.read more
Why MACIF won the Vendee Globe
We admit Francois Gabart was not thedailysail’s pre-race favourite for the Vendee Globe win.read more
Interview: Volvo veteran Neil Cox gives the inside track the race’s new one-design
Volvo Ocean Race veteran Neil Cox was boat captain for the winning entry ABN AMRO ONE in 2005-2006, shore manager for podium finishing PUMA and...
Volvo Ocean Race to return to the City of Sails
Auckland, New Zealand has again been selected as a Host Port for the Volvo Ocean Race in a two race deal covering the 12th race...
François Gabart, MACIF, winner of the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe Press release
[Source: Vendée Globe] François Gabart’s Vendée Globe is a story of transformation. In a little less than 80 days, the young skipper, viewed as a...
Vendee Globe: Last blast
The Vendee Globe leaders are now up to warp speed and are making 19 knots towards Les Sables d'Olonne as Jean le Cam and Mike...
Vendée Globe: Broken dreams as Jean-Pierre Dick loses keel
[Source: Vendée Globe] With a third place finish in the Vendée Globe apparently almost guaranteed, Jean-Pierre Dick (Virbac-Paprec 3) heard his dream break with an...
Vendee Globe: Banque Populaire slowly closing
MACIF's lead over Banque Populaire is back down to double digits as she enters the Azores high, while Jean le Cam and Mike Golding remain...
Vendée Globe: Two Britons in the Top Five
[Source: Vendée Globe] A second podium finish may be a distant dream for Mike Golding (Gamesa) now, but he has unfinished business in his battle...
The future of L’Hydroptere
After an eventful year in the USA, Alain Thébault's L'Hydroptere team of is taking advantage of the winter to fine-tune their technological and sports program...
Maserati three days from the Horn
18 days after the departure from New York, Maserati is sailing off the Patagonian coast and is getting closer to the legendary Cape Horn -...
Vendee Globe: Golding poised to regain fifth
The Vendee Globe leaders are this morning upwind on starboard tack into the northeasterly trades.read more
Vendée Globe: The Bank of the Doldrums
[Source: Vendée Globe] After borrowing and lending to the fleet two months ago, the Bank of the Doldrums is open again. Francois Gabart (MACIF) entered...
Maserati tackling the South Atlantic
Over the last 48 hours, after a very fast descent from New York to Rio de Janeiro, Maserati finally slowed down.read more
Maserati tackling the South Atlantic
Over the last 48 hours, after a very fast descent from New York to Rio de Janeiro, Maserati finally slowed down.read more
Mike Golding rounds Cape Horn
Mike Golding and Gamesa rounded Cape Horn this morning at 02:05 UTC, becoming the only person to have raced around this infamous rock three times...
Bernard Stamm’s hydrogenerator problems date from months before Vendée Globe
Spanish journalist Dury Alonso, well-connected in the European offshore sailing scene, revealed yesterday in his blog that Cheminées Poujoulet has been plagued since months now...
Vendee Globe: Le Cam around the Horn
The Vendee Globe leaders are this morning up to the latitude of the River Plate, separating Argentina from Uruguary, as Jean-Pierre Dick on Virbac Paprec...
Vendée Globe: Bernard Stamm collides with UFO
[Source: Vendée Globe] On Sunday morning, around 3.30AM (French time), Bernard Stamm (Cheminées Poujoulat) informed his shore crew he had hit an unidentified floating object,...
Vendée Globe skippers rally around Bernard Stamm
[Source: IMOCA] Without passing comment on the jury’s decision, the majority of the skippers competing in the Vendée Globe have expressed their support for Bernard...
