VOR Comes to Newport
Apr 17, 2018
3 minutes
By Adam Cort
It was the evening of May 6, 2015, and the Volvo Ocean Race was coming to town—eventually. As the sun went down over a placid Atlantic, Chinese-flagged Dongfeng and eventual overall race winner Abu Dhabi, were locked in battle, chasing zephyrs literally a stone’s throw away from one another as they fought for the Leg 6 win.
Meanwhile, out on Fort Adams, in Newport, Rhode Island, directly across from the finish out on
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