This article is written by Lew Blaustein, who writes at the intersection of green and sports for his GreenSportsBlog. Sir Ben Ainslie, sailing legend and America’s Cup and Olympic champion from Great Britain, has made fighting to protect the health of our oceans the focus of his work. 11th Hour Racing, a Newport, RI-based organization, dedicated in […]
In the midst of departing Auckland, New Zealand for the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, the anticipation builds towards the most famous–or infamous–part of this nine-month adventure… The sailors of the most technologically advanced around the world odyssey are about to embark on a quest that will take them through the Southern Ocean, […]
The fleet just arrived this weekend in Auckland, New Zealand, known as the City of Sails, and one of the spiritual homes of sailing, at roughly the halfway point of the Volvo Ocean Race… The Volvo Ocean Race is the Earth’s preeminent around the world sailing race. This year marks the 12th edition of this […]
