The four IMOCAs pushing east through the southern latitudes of the Pacific Ocean are seeing better speeds today, following a weekend of light winds. Racing along the ice exclusion limit at 52-degrees south, the […]
The Ocean Race
About The Ocean Race
Since 1973, The Ocean Race has provided the ultimate test of a team and a human adventure like no other. For nearly 50 years, it has kept an almost mythical hold over some of the greatest sailors and been the proving ground for the legends of our sport.
The 14th edition of The Ocean Race will start from Alicante, Spain on 15 January 2023, and will finish in Genova, Italy early in the summer of 2023. The race will visit nine iconic cities around the globe over a six-month period (Alicante, Spain - Cabo Verde - Cape Town, South Africa - Itajaí, Brazil - Newport, RI, USA - Aarhus, Denmark - Kiel Fly-By, Germany - The Hague, the Netherlands - Genova, Italy) and will feature a leg with the longest racing distance in the 50-year history of the event - a 12,750 nautical mile, one-month marathon from Cape Town, South Africa to Itajaí, Brazil. The fleet of mixed crews will pass all three great southern Capes - Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin, Cape Horn - non-stop, for the first time.
Along with five confirmed foiling IMOCA teams racing around the world, six one-design VO65 boats will race on three legs with an option to compete for a new trophy within The Ocean Race called The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint Cup.
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The Ocean Race: All lined up with one way to go
On Saturday it seemed as if the race couldn’t get any closer. By Sunday morning UTC that was proved wrong. Today, all four teams are lined up on a 13 […]
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The Ocean Race: Coming together in the not-so-furious
As forecast, lighter than usual conditions just ahead of the fleet have provided an effective re-start of leg 3, just after the four IMOCAs reached the halfway point of the longest stage in […]
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The Ocean Race: Steady progress towards Cape Horn
Team Holcim PRB retains its lead on Thursday, as the fleet compresses to within 100 miles. As per the forecast yesterday, the leader is slowing slightly and the trailing boats are […]
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The Ocean Race: Speed bumps ahead
Near midnight UTC overnight on Tuesday, Team Holcim-PRB made yet another gybe to the south, looking to stay close to the ice exclusion zone. Its nearest competitor – Team Malizia […]
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The Ocean Race: Repairs and racing along the ice limit
Following the distribution of points at the scoring gate on Sunday, teams are now consolidating their positions and working through job lists to keep the boats in racing condition. On […]
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The Ocean Race: Back to the grind
It’s back to work Monday for the IMOCA sailors in The Ocean Race. Following record breaking conditions on Saturday and the leg 3 scoring gate on Sunday, the workaday grind […]
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The Ocean Race: Speeding to the East
There has been more of the same in The Ocean Race on Friday – but in a good way. All four teams are clicking down the miles, racing to the east […]
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The Ocean Race: Closing time
It’s been a fantastic 48 hours on the race track for the trio of boats chasing down the current Leg 3 leader, Team Holcim-PRB. Since 1500 UTC on Tuesday, second-placed Biotherm have gained […]
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The Ocean Race: A long reach east towards Tasmania
With all four teams sailing deep into the Roaring 40s, the full fleet is finally in what the sailors would consider to be more typical Southern Ocean conditions, with strong […]
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The Ocean Race: Tense times in the south
It’s an interesting day in The Ocean Race with quick moving weather making for a day of transitions in the southern latitudes. The big winner over the past 24 hours is […]
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The Ocean Race: Making Miles
As Team Holcim-PRB continues to set the standard, racing at speed towards the first scoring gate at 143 degrees east longitude, three other boats are – finally – in fast pursuit. Biotherm, […]
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The Ocean Race: Start your engines
It is still a far cry from traditional Roaring 40s weather, but at least one critical element has returned – the wind. Biotherm, 11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia […]
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The Ocean Race: Unstoppable!! IMOCA sailors facing up to tough challenges in The Ocean Race
In this edition of The Ocean Race, Kevin Escoffier’s Team Holcim-PRB has selected Sia’s “Unstoppable” as its team song for dockout and stage ceremonies, and early into Leg 3 it has never seemed […]
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The Ocean Race: Holcim PRB leads fleet east while GUYOT environnement turns back to Cape Town
It’s been a busy 24 hours in The Ocean Race, with the fleet pushing east at pace, trying to hold on to the strong winds of a southern latitude low pressure system. […]
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The Ocean Race: GUYOT environnement – Team Europe will suspend racing and return to Cape Town
This morning at 0730 (local time) / 0530 UTC, while the boat was racing in winds of 20-25 knots on Leg 3 of The Ocean Race, the crew on board […]
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The Ocean Race: Breeze on as fleet encounters first southern weather system
The wind has arrived for leg 3 of The Ocean Race as the five IMOCA teams settle into higher latitudes and begin to criss-cross to the east, hooking into the […]
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The Ocean Race: Where did the wind go? It’s coming!
After beating upwind into the teeth of a gale on Sunday evening, things have slowed down for The Ocean Race fleet – now back up to a full complement of […]
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The Ocean Race: Wild start to Leg 3 from Cape Town
It was an extraordinary ‘stop-go’ type of start to Leg 3 of The Ocean Race in Table Bay as the five-boat IMOCA fleet set out on their 12,750 nautical mile […]
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The Ocean Race: Team Holcim – PRB wins in Cape Town
Team Holcim – PRB (SUI) led the Cape Town In-Port Race presented by V&A Waterfront from start to finish in Cape Town. With the South African sun blazing down on […]
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The Ocean Race: How to Follow the Cape Town In-Port Race
The Cape Town In-Port Race presented by V&A Waterfront is the second event in the In-Port Race series for The Ocean Race 2022-23. It follows the opener in January in Alicante, Spain […]
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Team Holcim – PRB wins Leg 2 of The Ocean Race with key breakaway in final hours
Skipper Kevin Escoffier and his Team Holcim – PRB have won Leg 2 of The Ocean Race from Cabo Verde to Cape Town after a tense battle through the final […]
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The Ocean Race: A dogfight to the finish in Cape Town
With just 250 nautical miles left to race (as of noon UTC on Saturday) the results of Leg 2 remain as uncertain as ever with the top four boats within just […]
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White-knuckle racing for The Ocean Race fleet
For nearly 4700 nautical miles, the five IMOCA teams competing in leg 2 of The Ocean Race have been dueling south from Cabo Verde towards a finish line just off the […]
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The Ocean Race: Pointing at the finish line
Team Malizia is leading the way on Thursday as the five IMOCA teams gybed away from the ice exclusion zone along 45-degrees south latitude overnight, turning to race towards the Cape […]