When Farr Yacht Design drafted the Volvo Ocean Race’s new one-design, the mandate was simple: make it fast, make it powerful, and make it last. To live up to the race’s extreme status, the boat’s ...

For the 2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race, which began at its home port in Alicante, Spain, on Oct. 11, 2014, and ended June 27, 2015, in Gothenburg, Sweden, all seven competing 65-class sailboats were built ...

Live demo of a self-docking yacht by Volvo Penta We’re already working on self-parking cars, so why not take things a step further and investigate self-parking boats? Of course, the correct vernacular ...

Cars that park themselves can not only make parking mishaps a thing of the past, but they could also make maximum use of lot space. But the auto space isn't the only area where autonomous technology ...

As he guided his high-tech 65-foot racing yacht over the equator in late October, charting a course for the tip of South Africa, Charlie Enright endured some good-natured ribbing from his veteran crew ...

There are plenty of things that can go wrong when you dock a boat, and if they do, the consequences can be expensive. It's a problem that Volvo Penta claims to have solved after building a ...

Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race was gnarly as hell – big waves, cold water and too many wipeouts to remember them all. Fortunately, we've found the best of them. Imagine the room you're in suddenly ...

In the aftermath of Saturday’s grounding of Team Vestas Wind in the Volvo Ocean Race, the coming week will prove critical if the brand new 65-footer is to appear again in this edition of the ...

Parking a car can be tricky. Now imagine that car is 68 feet long, weighs 40 tons, and is prone to drift around on its own with the wind and water currents. That’s the challenge faced by many ...

* High-tech, carbon-fibre boats are also media platforms * Round-world race considered "Mount Everest" of sailing * Race CEO says uniform design brings down costs By Michael Roddy HYTHE, England, ...

The idea of sailing around the world seems a bit iffy, even on a huge luxury liner with hot meals, cold alcohol, ample shuffleboard, and a decent bed. The idea turns horrific when you’re talking about ...