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• Dongfeng Race Team

  Dongfeng has successfully completed its sea trials in the Solent

  

  Ahead of being shipped to China on Wednesday, Green Marine have now officially handed over the Volvo Ocean 65 ‘Dongfeng’ to OC Sport. On the other side of the globe in Sanya, China the Dongfeng Race Team is preparing to put Chinese athletes through their paces in the first of several sailing team selection trials.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 13 December 2013
• Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15

  Bekking and Brunel back for Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15

  

  Dutch sailor Bouwe Bekking will return for a record-equalling seventh bid for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, the world’s leading crewed offshore race, as skipper of a new campaign launched by Brunel on Tuesday in Amsterdam.
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 3 December 2013
• Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15

  Team Dongfeng announced as Chinese entry in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15

  

  October 30, 2013 - A team from China backed by Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle and run by leading sailing experts OC Sport will race in the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race in 2014-15. Team Dongfeng will have the interests of Chinese sailing at its core with a significant number of Chinese in the final race crew as well as its support team. (…)
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 30 October 2013
• Volvo Ocean Race

  The first VO65 hits the water

  

  SCA’s race boat for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 was put in the water late this afternoon. It is the first of the radical new VO65 racing yachts that will be used for the next two editions of the Race.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 23 September 2013
• Volvo Ocean Race

  Neal McDonald : " I hope to use my experience to ensure Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing wins this next race"

  

  Highly decorated sailing veteran, 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 as an Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing crew member under the leadership of skipper Ian Walker.
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 5 August 2013
• Disparition

  Magnus Olsson has passed away

  

  Magnus Olsson (64), one of the greatest sportsmen in the world of sailing has passed away at a hospital in Spain. His family and friends were by his side. Magnus suffered a stroke during the week and, despite initial positive signs, deteriorated over the following days.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 21 April 2013
• Volvo Ocean Race

  Lorient completes daunting route for Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15

  

  The French city of Lorient will return as the penultimate stopover in the Volvo Ocean Race for the 12th edition in 2014-15, completing a route that will test the world’s best professional sailors to the limit in a race around the world lasting almost nine months and 40,000 nautical miles.
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 8 April 2013
• Team SCA

  Team SCA announces first five crew for Volvo Ocean Race entry

  

  Team SCA, the only all-female team in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race has confirmed the first five crew to officially join the team. Carolijn Brouwer (NED), Sophie Cizcek (AUS), Sam Davies (GBR), Annie Lush (GBR) and Liz Wardley (AUS) will joining as crew members from early April.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 5 April 2013
• Volvo Ocean Race

  Team SCA begins selecting best ever all-female crew

  

  Leading global hygiene and forest products company, SCA, will participate in the toughest sailing race in the world, the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015, with an all-female crew – Team SCA. The company’s quest to put together the best all-female team in offshore racing begins this weekend when the first tranche of international female candidates (…)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 1 February 2013
• Team SCA

  The Volvo Ocean Race future all-female crew presented its visual identity

  

  The design for Team SCA’s Volvo Ocean Race training yacht was revealed. The nature-inspired graphic and the magenta and navy blue colors aim to bring together and communicate a number of SCA’s key objectives for its participation in the Race.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 17 January 2013