HARD AGROUND: Vestas Wind Odyssey in the Volvo Ocean Race Audiobook By Sasa Fegic cover art

HARD AGROUND: Vestas Wind Odyssey in the Volvo Ocean Race

How a Navigational Nightmare in the Indian Ocean Became a Corporate Windfall

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HARD AGROUND: Vestas Wind Odyssey in the Volvo Ocean Race

By: Sasa Fegic
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 HARD AGROUND is more than the story of a racing yacht running aground in the vast, merciless expanse of the Indian Ocean. It is a deep dive into the collision between human ambition and the untamable sea — where cutting-edge technology meets the raw, unpredictable power of nature.

In the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, the Vestas Wind was a sleek, cutting-edge machine, helmed by some of the world’s most skilled sailors. Yet, despite every precaution, the boat ran hard aground on a hidden reef — a navigational nightmare that exposed the brittle underbelly of modern offshore racing.

With unflinching clarity and a storyteller’s eye for detail, HARD AGROUND traces the crisis and its aftermath: the reckoning with flawed electronic charts, the urgent calls for safety reform, and the slow, arduous rebuilding of trust between sailor and sea. It reveals how a near disaster became a turning point for the sport — sparking innovation, debate, and a renewed respect for the fragile balance between speed, technology, and survival.

It’s a hard look at how we try to control nature with gadgets and charts, only to find out the ocean laughs last. It’s about men who race fast but crash hard, and what they learn when the race isn’t about winning but just getting out alive. Extreme Sports Maritime History & Piracy Sports World
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