WindCheck Magazine

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Volvo Ocean Race and we want to celebrate it with you! To illustrate the history of an event that began life on September 8, 1973 as the Whitbread Round the World Race, we’ve put together 39 of our favourite “race face” pictures for a special exhibition and we would love the 40th photo to come from YOU.

Our Building the Future series has already taken us from the design stage in Annapolis, Maryland across to construction in Italy, France, Switzerland and the UK. In the latest episode, Rick Deppe heads back to the U.S. for a tour of the North Sails plant using the latest design technology to make the sails for this radical new project. Take it away, Rick.

The recruitment process to apply for an Onboard Reporter position in the 2014-15 race closed Friday 17 at midnight. Applicants, did you read this before sending us an email?

On May 18, the Museo Volvo Ocean Race will celebrate the International Museum Day. Come and enjoy free entry, special activities and extended opening times until midnight this Saturday in Alicante.

Women are back in the race – and it’s not just the all-female Team SCA playing a major role. Meet Jo Elliott and Tara Troussier, who are working on the Volvo Ocean 65 boats at Green Marine, UK.

After a campaign lasting four months and bringing in over 2,000 applications, we are about to put a freeze on the recruitment process for Onboard Reporters in the 2014-15 race. Now the hard work starts, says project manager Rick Deppe.

Are you new to the Volvo Ocean Race? Got a question about the next edition, when it starts or where we're going? Are you interested in getting involved? Check out our Factbox on the 12th edition of the world's premier round-the-world race.

Volvo Ocean Race COO Tom Touber officially welcomed Sanya back to the race for the 2014-15 edition at a signing ceremony in Shanghai this weekend, praising the Chinese city as a great tropical destination.

The latest episode of Building the Future presents a race against time – and the elements – for Rick Deppe and his crew, as they attempt to get the hull and deck of boat number 1 to England in time for assembly at Green Marine.

Our European road trip concludes with part 2 of Driving the Future – the battle against time and the elements to get hull number one of the new one-design Volvo Ocean 65 to Green Marine in England for assembly.