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#vor – Past race winner Justin Slattery from Cork has joined Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (ADOR), the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority's (TCA Abu Dhabi) entry in the 2014/15 Volvo Ocean Race as bowman. Slattery is one of four…

#VOR - Three months after China's Dongfeng Race Team was confirmed as an entrant in the upcoming 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, the first eight members of the team's training squad have been named following a tough selection…

#VOR - Among the future plans for Galway as part of the masterplan for the city's port submitted last week is the intention to bring back the Volvo Ocean Race for the third time, as the Irish Independent reports. Galway…

#VOR - Yachting World's Matt Sheahan has given a glowing review to the new one-design VOR 65 that will make up the fleet in the next Volvo Ocean Race. "On the face of it the new Volvo Ocean 65 is…

#VOR - Volvo Ocean Race bosses have announced the fourth team confirmed for the next edition of the round-the-world yachting challenge that sets sail in less than a year. Netherlands-based Team Brunel will return to the competition after two previous…

#VOR - It's been confirmed that a Chinese team will race in the 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. The new Team Dongfeng, backed by automaker Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle and run by international events and marketing firm OC Sport,…

#VOR - Last weekend we got a closer look at the Volvo Ocean Race's new one-design VOR 65 - and now the first team to sail the vessel a year ahead of the next race start have given it their…

#VOR - The official Volvo Ocean Race website concludes its video series Building the Future with a detailed look at the first completed VOR 65 racing yacht. The culmination of 12 months' hard work, with components manufactured in various locations…

#VOR - After last week's long-awaited debut on the water of the new one-design VOR 65 that will make up the fleet in the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, Boatyard manager and Team Sanya veteran Nick Bice talks…

#VOR - The new one design VOR 65 that will race the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race has taken to the water for the first time - and as the video clip above shows, she's a sight to…

#VOR - Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing are making their return in the next Volvo Ocean Race after a distinguished debut showing in 2012, with new racing director Neal McDonald at the helm. But the Ian Walker-skippered squad are already training…

#VOR - The all-woman team competing in the next Volvo Ocean Race have taken on two new recruits in Brit sailor Abby Ehler and Aussie stalwart Stacey Jackson. Ehler is a veteran of the VOR, sailing as a member of…

#VOR - The latest video update following the construction of the new one-design yacht debuting in next year's Volvo Ocean Race looks at the state-of-the-art technology that will be installed both on board and on shore to make the 12th…

#vor –  sailing veteran and  British Olympian Neal McDonald, is to taking the helm as Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's Performance Director in the team's second bid for Volvo Ocean Race glory next year. Emirati star, 24-year-old Adil Khalid, has re-signed…

#VOR - Seahorse Magazine takes an in-depth look at Farr Yacht Design's work on the appendages for the new one design VOR 65 that will compete in the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race next year. Farr designer Alon…

#VOR - Team SCA have been posting some record-breaking times in their training runs off Lanzarote as of late, as the official Volvo Ocean Race website reports. Most recently the all-female team set a new record from Puerto Calero to…