Volvo Ocean Race: Traité de Rome latest Legends entry
Two-time Whitbread entry, Traité de Rome, will fly the EU flag at the Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta and Reunion this November. The 51’ Sparkman & Stephens design is one of the smaller yachts...
View ArticleVolvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta to get taste of Adventure
The Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta will have another link to the first edition of the Whitbread in 1973-74 with ‘Adventure’ to be represented by her sister ship ‘Dasher’. Adventure, the boat that...
View ArticleVOR: Tracy Edwards named ambassador for ‘maiden’ Legends Regatta
Tracy Edwards, the first woman to lead an all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race 1989-90, has been named an Ambassador for the first Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta and Reunion. Edwards...
View ArticleVolvo Ocean Race 38th Birthday
The Volvo Ocean Race is more demanding now than it has ever been, according to two-time veteran Sir Chay Blyth, who toasted the race’s 38th birthday with a tribute to his modern-day counterparts and...
View ArticleItaly’s Tauranga to join Legends
The classic Italian yacht Tauranga has become the latest entry in the Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta and Reunion which takes place in Alicante, Spain this November. The Sparkman and Stevens designed...
View ArticleVOR: Regatta Ambassador
1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race skipper Pierre Fehlmann | Barry Pickthall/PPL Swiss sailor Pierre Fehlmann, the only person to skipper an entry in five Whitbread Round the World Races, has...
View ArticleFrance’s former Whitbread Race winner lines up for Legends
Lionel Péan, the original skipper of Whitbread 1985-86 winner L’Esprit d’Equipe, will reunite with his crew and his boat for the Volvo Ocean Race Legends regatta and reunion in Alicante from November...
View ArticleAn original Legend
Even after 38 years, the lure of the Legends reunion was too much to resist for the inaugural race winner, 85-year old Ramón Carlin, who made the trip from Mexico to be a part of this unique gathering....
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