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Volvo 70

Volvo 70

The Volvo Ocean 70 is the state-of-the-art yacht used in the Volvo Ocean Race. The VO70 'ABN AMRO TWO' skippered by Sebastien Josse holds the monohull 24 hour record at 562.96 nautical miles averaging 23.45 knots.

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Show news 2026 RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race day 12
Rush hour, match racing and Little Regina
Posted on 20 Aug Pace Declared Overall Winner Under IRC
In the RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race 2026
Posted on 19 Aug RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race day 10
Palanad 4 Proves the Concept as Class40 Battle Goes to the Wire
Posted on 18 Aug RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race day 9
Varuna 6 finishes; class battles go to the wire
Posted on 17 Aug RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race day 8
Pace takes line honours: four chapters, one great adventure
Posted on 16 Aug RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race day 7
Pace powers south as Palanad 4 seizes IRC lead
Posted on 15 Aug RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race day 4
Northbound express, and Celtic Sea grind
Posted on 12 Aug RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race day 2
Tactical battle to the Isles of Scilly
Posted on 10 Aug The other way
Is it the wrong way? Some even think it might be the right way! Hobart to Sydney. The delivery home.
Posted on 27 Jan Sydney Hobart – A very ordinary Hobart
Now don't get me wrong. That's a not a description of the on-water action. Far from it, actually
Posted on 31 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – New rulebook?
Is it time for a new rulebook when it comes to the Hobart? Will BNC my Net be the Overall Winner?
Posted on 29 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – Double is not nothing
Can the Double Handers get up? Will it be a veteran? Can an Ocean Grader get through?
Posted on 29 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – Moment in the sun?
Huey (The God of Wind) is a Games Master. There is always something going on.
Posted on 28 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – They will! Huey playing nicely
Daylight finish on the cards as Master Lock Comanche storms into the River Derwent estuary
Posted on 28 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – LawConnect videos
An update from Tony Mutter, a sample of the conditions, and all three in super close proximity
Posted on 28 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – Will they? Won't they?
Huey loves to shake things up, so here is some Maths to ponder whilst he makes up his mind...
Posted on 28 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – SHK Scallywag leaps to front
Moving from third to first is SHK Scallwag as it plays out abeam St Marys
Posted on 27 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – War of attrition - plateau arrives
Looking at it and seeing Comanche doing just two knots SOG. Problem? Or realisation?
Posted on 27 Dec 2025 RSHYR 2025 - a selection of racing images
A selection of official images from the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Posted on 27 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – Surprised it took this long
Since the start, things have been good from a damage POV, anyway. Not so flash on the rail. however
Posted on 27 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – The rise of the plateau
There is but 1.5nm separating the race leaders as Wild Thing 100 becomes the latest to retire
Posted on 26 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – I should be so…
Lucky. It was ominous. Why so incredible? Well, it was only for around five minutes, but the signs..
Posted on 26 Dec 2025 Sydney Hobart – Death Valley or Plateau of Pain
It could be Death Valley that gets you. If it doesn't, then perhaps it will be the Plateau of Pain
Posted on 25 Dec 2025 Ocean Graders' Delight in the Sydney Hobart
What's in a gradient, and what's that got to do with the Sydney to Hobart race?
Posted on 25 Dec 2025 Who let the dogs out?
We can tell you who is going to win the 2025 Sydney to Hobart before it is even run!
Posted on 19 Oct 2025 Ultra-high performance sailing and hemp extract
Bulwarks and Bulldust welcomes Jack Macartney into the Captain's Chair
Posted on 23 Aug 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race IRC One preview
Beyond the French legends there is plenty of international talent with podium potential
Posted on 4 Jul 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race: Offshore classics set to race
IRC Zero has a rich seam of ocean-going history running through it
Posted on 2 Jul 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race at 100 – the making of a giant
At present 469 yachts have entered this special edition - a far cry from its humble origins in 1925
Posted on 27 Jun 2025 Tschüss 2 - Transatlantic Titans
Line Honours for Christian Zugel's Volvo 70 in the Transatlantic Race 2025
Posted on 26 Jun 2025
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Johnny Vincent's Volvo 70 Pace
© Rick Tomlinson / RORC Pace crossed the Royal Yacht Squadron finish line in Cowes at 04:17:31 BST on Sunday 16 August
© Craig Nutter Jules Salter (right) and Team Pace at the start of the RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race
© Anthony Haines Team Pace shortly after completing the RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race in Cowes after 6 days 14 hours at sea
© Corinna Haines / Haines Films Line Honours for Volvo 70 Pace in the 2026 RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race
© James Tomlinson / RORC 'A big sense of completion', Johnny Vincent at the helm of his Volvo 70 Pace
© Anthony Haines Johnny Vincent's Volvo 70 Pace is powering south towards Cowes and Monohull Line Honours
© Rick Tomlinson / RORC Johnny Vincent's Volvo 70 Pace currently leads on the water on the second day of the RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race
© James Tomlinson / RORC Volvo 70 Pace - 2026 RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race Day 1
© Rick Tomlinson / RORC Johnny Vincent's Volvo 70 Pace is crewed by an impressive line-up of offshore talent
© Paul Wyeth / RORC Jim Close - 1968-2026
© Close family Volvo 70 Tschuss 2
© Paul Wyeth / RORC Johannes Schwarz and crew on the Volvo 70 Monster Project - 2026 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival
© Tidal Pulse / Andrea Azzopardi 46th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta Day 3 - Ocean Challenge Yacht Club Poland returns for their 9th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, this time on a Volvo 70 Cockatoo
© Laurens Morel Bill Macartney on the helm of Celestial V70
© Jack Macartney A man with 316 intestines - Jack Macartney and a raw squid
© Jack Macartney Jack and Bill Macartney during the delivery of Celestial V70 back to Sydney after the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
© Jack Macartney Bill Martney on board Celestial V70
© Jack Macartney Tschüss - formerly Groupama IV|Giacomo|Wizard - at the start of the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race - Cowes - July 26, 2025
© Richard Gladwell - Sail-World.com/nz Tschüss - formerly Groupama IV|Giacomo|Wizard - at the start of the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race - Cowes - July 26, 2025
© Richard Gladwell - Sail-World.com/nz Tschüss - formerly Groupama IV|Giacomo|Wizard - at the start of the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race - Cowes - July 26, 2025
© Richard Gladwell - Sail-World.com/nz Pyewacket 70 at the start of the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race - Cowes - July 26, 2025
© Richard Gladwell - Sail-World.com/nz Pyewacket 70 at the start of the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race - Cowes - July 26, 2025
© Richard Gladwell - Sail-World.com/nz Roy P. Disney's Volvo 70 Pyewacket (USA) - RORC Caribbean 600.
© Pyewacket 70 Roy P. Disney's Volvo 70 Pyewacket (USA) - RORC Caribbean 600
© Pyewacket 70 VOR 70, Roy Disney's Pyewacket , WINNERS OF CSA 2 racing during ASW 2025 - the perfect fleet for Antigua Racing Cup 2026
© Paul Wyeth Pyewacket 70 head out past the Needles in the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race - 2025 - - VO 70 Mod - Skipper: Roy Disney - USA
© Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi Rolex Middle Sea Race - 2023 - Pyewacket 70 - VO 70 Mod - Skipper: Roy Disney - USA
© Kurt Arrigo Rolex Middle Sea Race - 2023 - Pyewacket 70 - VO 70 Mod - Skipper: Roy Disney - USA
© Kurt Arrigo Pyewacket 70 - Start - Rolex Fastnet Race start - Cowes - July 26, 2025
© Richard Gladwell - Sail-World.com/nz
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