Teams have been capturing footage since the first edition of the race in 1973-74 \u2013 but originally crew members would take turns to perform reporter duties, using 16mm film cameras and homemade water housings.<\/p>\n
Full-time Media Crew Members were added to each team in 2008-09 as dedicated story-gatherers, and the role was renamed as Onboard Reporter for the 2014-15 edition.<\/p>\n
The news of the changes follows a prominent campaign to recruit the next reporters to the storytelling squad, which closed in September. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve raised the bar in terms of our search for the next generation of Onboard Reporters ahead of 2017-18,\u201d added Turner.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve received applications from 126 countries and the quality is incredible, with experienced media professionals including war reporters, adventure and nature documentary makers and digital broadcast journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Volvo Ocean 65 racing boats are effectively mobile digital production facilities, operating with state-of-the-art satellite hardware and services supplied by Cobham SATCOM and Inmarsat.<\/p>\n
As part of a refit process currently underway at the Race\u2019s Boatyard facility in Lisbon, all Volvo Ocean 65s are gaining two new fixed camera angles, taking the total to six positions across the boat.<\/p>\n
Each Onboard Reporter has additional access to night vision and action cameras, while drone and 360-degree cameras will also be in regular use across the fleet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were the first to use drones from the oceans as part of our storytelling in 2014-15, and led the way with 360-degree footage offshore, as well as streaming live during the Cape Horn rounding,\u201d said Sefton. \u201cWe\u2019re going to continue innovating across the OBR programme. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to our partners we have the ability to go live from anywhere on the planet, at any time, and the OBRs work around the clock to capture and transmit the real story from the boats.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs soon as it\u2019s sent, you\u2019ll see it."<\/p>\n
Last week, the Volvo Ocean Race made key announcements on crew rules regarding\u00a0women sailors, a new\u00a0communicator\u00a0that will allow the athletes to send social media updates from the oceans, the\u00a0building of an eighth Volvo Ocean 65\u00a0to join the existing fleet, the introduction of bespoke new\u00a0premium team bases\u00a0to enhance the pit lane experience in the Race Villages and the use of\u00a0M32 catamarans\u00a0to increase the amount of guest sailing at each stopover.<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s news was about an intense period of\u00a0pre-race qualification sailing\u00a0that includes the Rolex Fastnet Race, and on Tuesday, Race Management announced\u00a0changes to the scoring system\u00a0to encourage strategic risk-taking. Yesterday, the Race revealed that all boats will be fitted with a hydropower generator to provide backup energy in 2017-18. There will be one further announcements tomorrow.<\/p>\n
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