After a hairy start, doldrums challenge team tactics in the race to the Cape

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are battling for the lead in the Volvo Ocean Race.

Peter Burling and his crew of Team Brunel remain off the pace in the Volvo Ocean Race.

An unfamiliar position for Peter Burling in the early stages of the Volvo Ocean Race.

An arbitration panel has ruled in favour of axed AkzoNobel skipper Simeon Tienpont

The dynamics on board a boat can make or break a campaign.

Bianca cook will become the first Kiwi woman to feature in the race since 2002.

James Blake is about to embark on his maiden traverse of the globe.

Kiwi sailor Brad Jackson may be elevated to skipper Volvo Ocean Race entry AkzoNobel.

Kiwi sailor Peter Burling will have plenty to soak in as he continues his sailing career.

Team NZ helmsman Peter Burling has joined Team Brunel for the Volvo Ocean Race

Gold medallist, America's Cup winner and now Blair Tuke is a world record holder.

America's Cup hero Peter Burling has still not discounted a tilt at the Volvo Ocean Race.

There could yet be a New Zealand-flagged boat in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race.

Blair Tuke has signed with Spanish team MAPFRE for the 2017-18 of the Volvo Ocean Race.

The Volvo Ocean Race has made a major rule change for the 2017-18 edition to encourage teams to include women in their crew.

British sailor Sam Davies and her Team SCA crew struck a resounding blow for women’s offshore sailing today, clinching leg eight of the Volvo Ocean Race.

The six boats competing in the Volvo Ocean Race have set sail from Auckland cheered on by fans three days later than planned.

An all-female crew took the spoils in yesterday's in-port Volvo Ocean race, with Team SCA pipping Team Brunel of the Netherlands and Spanish outfit Mapfre.

When the Volvo Ocean Race fleet sets sail from Auckland early next week the crews will set their course for the toughest examination any sailor will experience.

Veteran Kiwi sailor Stu Bannatyne, one of the Volvo Ocean Race's most experienced and toughest competitors, will join Team Alvimedica for the next leg of the event.

A yachtsman who narrowly missed out seeing the Black Caps' spectacular win over Australia has been invited to the cricket team's next World Cup match.

Water blasters clean Team Alvimedica's yacht, with Team Brunei in the background, during the boats' stopover in Auckland after the fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race - touted as the greatest....

Auckland - the home of some spectacular finishes in the Volvo Ocean Race - again delivered a memorable welcome for the fleet at the weekend, but for two Kiwis at the helm it was special.

The introduction of a one-design class for the Volvo Ocean Race was behind one of the tightest-fought finishes in the race's history in Auckland at the weekend.

Spanish yacht Mapfre won the duel into Auckland last night, as leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race came to a thrilling conclusion.