Volvo ocean race

The Ocean Race is the toughest test of a team in sport – and sailing's greatest round-the-world challenge. Since 1973, winning the Race has been an obsession for the world's best sailors – Olympic champions, record breakers and pioneers. With teams racing through the most extreme spots on the planet – closer to the astronauts in the Space Station than anyone else on land – and calling at iconic cities on 6 continents, The Ocean Race is a truly global sporting competition with adventure and…

The Ocean Race is the toughest test of a team in sport – and sailing's greatest round-the-world challenge. Since 1973, winning the Race has been an obsession for the world's best sailors – Olympic champions, record breakers and pioneers. With teams racing through the most extreme spots on the planet – closer to the astronauts in the Space Station than anyone else on land – and calling at iconic cities on 6 continents, The Ocean Race is a truly global sporting competition with adventure and…

The Volvo Ocean Race has agreed a three-year partnership with the Yacht Racing Forum. "We are delighted to welcome the Volvo Ocean Race as a long-term partner…

Watch Volvo Ocean Race Livestream's Leg 6 ItajaÍ to Miami on Livestream.com.

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Fixing a $6 million racing yacht after crashing onto a reef at 22 miles per hour is a bit more complicated than repairing your car after a fender bender. First of all, when you’re stuck on a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean, it’s hard to get anything done. And when your boat was specially designed and built by four companies in four different countries, coordinating a repair job isn’t exactly like calling AAA.

Great photos of the Volvo Ocean Race yachts racing out of Cape Town on Leg 2 of the race

The first of the new one-design Volvo Ocean 65 racing boats has made it safely through a rigorous round of testing – including a heart-stopping pull-down test putting the boat at an angle of 50 degrees – and is on track to be declared 'ready to sail' by the end of the week.