Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18, Leg 5, Hong Kong-Guangzhou-Hong Kong

"We live only once so find something you like and then do it with love" - Wolf

Dongfeng Race Team video above published Jan 26, 2018: "Horace, Black and Wolf show us around in Hong Kong and tell us more about growing up in China, from the food you can eat to their dreams growing up."

Watch the Dongfeng In-Port Race Guangzhou in 56 seconds! | Volvo Ocean Race

Volvo Ocean Race video above published Feb 3, 2018. For full replay of the In-Port Race see below.

Volvo Ocean Race video above published Feb 3, 2018.

Explanation of "How it Works" in The Volvo Ocean Race

Team Brunel video above.

Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 Leg 5 (source: VolvoOceanRace.com)

Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 Leg 5 starts 1 Feb 2018 (local time) from Hong Kong which is Jan 31 UTC--The boats will leave Hong Kong and make a transition (all teams score 1 point) to Guangzhou for a full stopover. That programme will include a scoring In-Port-Race Feb 3, 2018, and other on and off-water activities in the Guangzhou Race Village. To conclude the leg, the boats will restart, Feb 5, back to Hong Kong to prepare for the start of Leg 6, on Feb 7. Volvo Ocean Race current standings here (Top three: MAPFRE, Dongfeng Race Team, Vestas 11th Hour Racing).

Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 teams (source: VolvoOceanRace.com)

Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 LIVE Tracker

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Laser & Finn Medal Races, World Cup Series Miami 2018 (video)

Full Laser Medal Race - Sailing's World Cup Series | Miami, USA 2018

World Sailing TV videos, above and below, published Jan 28, 2018

Full Finn Medal Race - Sailing's World Cup Series | Miami, USA 2018

See also: 2018 World Cup Series in Miami USA, 21-28 January, LIVE Feed

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The World Sailing Show January 2018 (video)

The World Sailing Show - January 2018

The World Sailing Show video above originally published Dec 27, 2017:

• 01:02 Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 & 3
• 07:19  News
• 08:30 How & why the new America’s Cup boat will work 
• 11:59 Aboard Imerys – How the Class 40 season title was won
• 16:18 eSailing World Championships
• 18:18 Gabart smashes solo world record
• 19:13 Youth Worlds Sanya, China

The World Sailing Show gets aboard Phil Sharp and Pablo Santurde’ s Class 40 Imerys for a full-on, double handed 4,000 mile sleigh ride south to see how the pair took the coveted overall season title.

Also heading south, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet descended on Cape Town. With 7,000 miles under their belts, stomachs were starting to churn among the crew at the thought of the next 6,500 across the notorious Southern Ocean – they tell the World Sailing Show why.

What will make the new America’s Cup boat be so quick? Cup guru Grant Simmer explains in an exclusive interview.

We take a look at two major new world records set at very different ends of the scale. We also find out how to compete in a world championships without getting your feet wet.

Plus, were back in China, this time for the Youth World Championships.

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2018 World Cup Series in Miami USA, 21-28 January, LIVE Feed

LIVE Sailing | World Cup Series Miami | Medal Races | Sunday 28 January 2018

World Sailing TV video scheduled for Jan 28, 2018, 12 noon ET (US).

LIVE Sailing | World Cup Series Miami | Medal Races | Saturday 27 January 2018

LIVE Sailing | World Cup Series Miami | Medal Races | Saturday 27 January 2018 World Sailing TV LIVE Jan 27, 2018 12:00 noon ET (U.S.)

Miami, Florida, USA is hosting more than 500 sailors from 50 nations for the second of four regattas in Sailing’s 2018 World Cup Series, 21-28 January 2018, racing in all ten of the Olympic sailing events.
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, LIVE Feed

Week in review – Leg 4, week 3 | Volvo Ocean Race

Volvo Ocean Race video above published Jan 24, 2018

• Official website: www.volvooceanrace.com. 
• Standings: top 4 after first 4 legs: 1) MAPFRE; 2) Dongfeng Race Team; 3) Vestas 11th Hour Racing; 4)Team Sun Hung Kai Scallywag; 5)Team Brunel. 

2018.01.20 00h UTC Volvo Ocean Race LIVE Tracker: Team Sun Hung Kai Scallywag @ScallywagHK Finishes First! Dongfeng Race Team second; Team AkzoNobel third. Vestas 11th Hour Racing retires after collision with fishing vessel--Update: Vestas 11th Hour Racing collision - Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18: "What caused the collision? Was the other boat showing navigation lights, or using the AIS (Automatic Identification System)? We don’t have answers to those questions yet but of course those are central question to the on-going investigation. Both Vestas 11th Hour Racing and the Volvo Ocean Race will cooperate with the relevant authorities to establish what happened."

FIRST PICTURES IN 😍🌇@scallywaghk are approaching the finish line to a huge victory in #VolvoOceanRaceHKG 🇭🇰 pic.twitter.com/sbLlyKg8Ab

— Volvo Ocean Race (@volvooceanrace) January 19, 2018

Sun Hung Kai Scallywag @scallywaghk, Leg 4, Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18

Leg 4 of the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race, Melbourne to Hong Kong Nonstop, started Jan 2, 2018, at 0300 UTC. Full Replay: Leg 4 Start in Melbourne:

A Look Back at Leg 3 - The Southern Ocean

The World Sailing Show video above published Jan 1, 2018: Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race had been a physical battle and mental challenge, with winds rarely dipping below 25 knots, and freezing seas for the entire 6500 mile leg. Day to day life proved to be strenuous, not only on deck but also below, as trade mark Southern Ocean conditions pushed teams to their limits. See also Volvo Ocean Race Leg 3, Cape Town To Melbourne Nonstop.

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Vestas 11th Hour Racing, Leg 4, Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18

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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017, An Offshore Classic (video)

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017 - Looking back at an offshore classic:

Rolex World of Yachting video above published on Dec 31, 2017: The 73rd edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart demonstrated once again why this offshore race has such elevated standing in the yacht racing and, indeed, sporting world. 102 yachts took part, each with their own personal ambition. For the vast majority, winning overall was the ultimate goal. Only one boat can claim the main prize. It takes planning, commitment and skill to succeed in the pursuit of excellence. Matt Allen and the crew of Ichi Ban delivered those characteristics and were justly rewarded with the Tattersall Cup and Rolex timepiece. For the other competing crews, their triumph was to start the race at all. Completing the course was the icing on the cake.

RSHYR 2017 Will Oxley - Navigation 001

Club Marine TV video above published Dec 31, 2017: Appropriately enough, the name Ichi Ban in Japanese means 'No 1' and if your were looking for an ocean racing navigator to get you to No 1 in the race to Hobart, you'd be hard pressed to go past Will Oxley.

In this conversation with Will, shortly after Ichi Ban was presented with the Tattersall Cup here in Hobart, he explains just how challenging navigation can be on a TP 52 in heavy airs and why any amount of technology will not help you with some decisions that must still be calculated in the head or plotted on a paper chart.

See also on JohnTheCrowd.com | Sailing News:

• Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017, LIVE Feed

•  2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Start, Live Video Replay

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