Behind the scenes
Building the Boatyard Visual Reporting System
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How The Boatyard work came from The Ocean Race round-the-world media role and the Lisbon VO65 fleet refit reporting system.
Technical reports with photography and design during the VO65 one-design refit in Lisbon
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Key points
- The Boatyard was the outcome of The Ocean Race media work during the round-the-world campaign.
- Coverage focused on what happened once boats arrived ashore and how a 30-person team prepared the fleet again.
- In Lisbon, as sole visual reporter, I produced the weekly report distributed before the next round-the-world edition.
The Boatyard did not come from a single refit story alone. It came from covering The Ocean Race as media during the round-the-world campaign, documenting what happened once the boats reached shore.
A key part of that process was showing how around 30 people worked to put the fleet back in racing condition between stages.
Later, in Lisbon, I was the only reporter producing the VO65 post-race refit weekly report. That report was shared with the organization, teams, institutions, sponsors and collaborators ahead of the next round-the-world cycle.