The Ocean Race has won the International Sports Awards 2023 for its efforts to put ocean protection at the heart of the round-the-world sailing competition. The 11th Hour Racing collaboration, titled Racing with Purpose, set out to influence global ocean policy, measure the race’s environmental impact, and inspire the next generation of ocean advocates. The […]
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Team Malizia saves the best for last with a win in Leg 7 of The Ocean Race
The live finishes on Tuesday are available on the Eurosport YouTube Channel Team Malizia found a way to grab a last-minute win in leg 7 of The Ocean Race, saving the best for last. On the waters off the finish port of Genova, skipper Boris Herrmann and his crew boldly grabbed the leg lead in extremely light and variable conditions […]
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The Ocean Race: Record-breaking pace towards Aarhus
Records are being set and then broken again on leg 5 of The Ocean Race. First it was 11th Hour Racing Team, powering to a new standard, only to be eclipsed a short time later by Team Holcim-PRB, who appeared to have secured not only a new race record, but the outright monohull record for […]
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IMOCA World Champion Charlie Dalin joins 11th Hour Racing for Leg 5 of The Ocean Race
By 11th Hour Racing Team Charlie Dalin (FRA), the two-time IMOCA world champion, will join the only US entry in The Ocean Race for the critical double-pointer leg from Newport, Rhode Island, to Aarhus, Denmark. The Frenchman, originally from Le Havre but now based in the epicenter of the offshore sailing world in Brittany, France, […]
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Ocean Race Stopover in Newport – Photos and more
Newport, RI has been distinguished as the only North American stop for The Ocean Race with a layover slated from May 13-21, 2023. The layover site features an opportunity to view the race boats and learn about their technology. There are many activities for people of all ages and lots of music. Originally named the […]
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The Ocean Race: Malizia into the lead as teams speed north
The German-flagged Team Malizia has moved into the lead on leg 4 of The Ocean Race as skipper Will Harris and his crew charge north, marching nearly in lockstep with the previous leader, 11th Hour Racing Team. Conditions are favourable for high-speed sailing; reaching across the easterly wind in 15-20 knots of pressure, with a moderate, but building, […]
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The Ocean Race Europe will take place in 2025
As the current edition of The Ocean Race heads back into the northern hemisphere, race organisers are already looking ahead to the next major event in the 10 year planning cycle – The Ocean Race Europe 2025. Following the success of the inaugural event in 2021 – The Ocean Race Europe was among the first major international […]
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11th Hour Racing Team sets off for home on Leg 4 of The Ocean Race
11th Hour Racing Team has set off on Leg 4 of The Ocean Race bound for Newport, Rhode Island, the home of its sponsor, 11th Hour Racing. The only US entry crossed the startline just moments before the 1315 local (1615 UTC) starting gun sounded but, along with GUYOT environnement – Team Europe, were recalled, […]
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Crew changes mark start of second half of The Ocean Race
Crew rotation is proving to be a big feature in this edition of The Ocean Race. For Leg 4, some big crew changes are afoot, for two of the teams in particular. We’re pretty much at the half-way stage of the race, with approximately 55% of the points still remaining, so if you’re going to […]
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11th Hour Racing Team announces crew lineup for ‘Homecoming’ Leg
Source: 11th Hour Racing 11th Hour Racing Team has announced the crew for Leg 4 of The Ocean Race from Itajaí, Brazil to Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. Skipper Charlie Enright will draw on his squad of IMOCA sailors and will be joined by Navigator Simon Fisher (GBR), Trimmers Francesca Clapcich (ITA) and Damian Foxall (IRL), […]
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BankNewport to sponsor The Ocean Race Newport Stopover with an interactive educational exhibit
Sail Newport announces that BankNewport will be the Presenting Partner of the Exploration Zone at The Ocean Race Newport stopover, May 13-21. The interactive exhibit for all ages will feature sailing, ocean health, coastal sustainability, marine science, technology, and art. “We are thrilled to be the presenting partner of the Exploration Zone at the Ocean […]
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State leaders, local organizers promote The Ocean Race’s stopover in Newport
State leaders and local event organizers today promoted The Ocean Race, a prestigious around-the-world sailing competition whose high-tech, 60-foot IMOCA class sailboats will berth in Newport May 13-21 for their only North American stopover. The Department of Environmental Management’s Fort Adams State Park will again provide the homebase for the race stopover, where a temporary race village, called Ocean Live Park, […]
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The Ocean Race: Stories of resolve and resilience as 11th Hour Racing Team and Biotherm finish in Itajaí
As skipper Charlie Enright put it, this wasn’t the finish they wanted, but it was a massive achievement all the same. He was referring to a third place result in Leg 3 for 11th Hour Racing Team, who battled increasing amounts of damage to their boat from the first moments after the start in Cape Town all the […]
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11th Hour Racing Team completes podium after ‘grueling’ Leg 3 of The Ocean Race
April 5, 2023. Itajaí, Brazil. At 08:20 UTC [05:20 local], 11th Hour Racing Team crossed the finish line of Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23, completing a Leg that was described by Skipper Charlie Enright (USA) as “grueling”. After 37 days, 20 hours, 10 minutes, and 23 seconds, the team completed their 14,840 nautical […]
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The Ocean Race: Biotherm battling for third
The podium battle promises to push the two teams still racing up the coast to the very end with Biotherm and 11th Hour Racing Team racing within less than 15 miles of each other on the leaderboard. It’s slow but steady progress to the north with Biotherm set up to the west of 11th Hour […]
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Team Holcim – PRB retain overall lead with strong Leg 3 performance
The Ocean Race leaderboard is beginning to take shape after two teams crossed the finishing line in Itajaí on Sunday morning. The Leg 3 winner is Team Malizia. Led by skipper Boris Herrmann, the Malizia crew fought hard for the win, which was in play until the final 24 hours. It’s a remarkable achievement for a […]
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The Ocean Race: A last hard kick on the way to Itajaí
There will be a live feed of the leg 3 finish from Itajaí on the Eurosport.com blogs about The Ocean Race – details below.================================================= It was the last thing they needed. A quick, deepening low pressure system bringing winds in excess of 40 knots, a sickening sea state, and another massive challenge for sailors operating on the 34th […]
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The Ocean Race: Tension mounts as racing remains painfully close
Tension, exhaustion, and extreme emotional swings through elation and despair. That’s likely to be the mood on board Team Holcim-PRB and Team Malizia all the way to the finish now. Despite racing hard for over 33 days and over 14,000 miles sailed over ground, neither Boris Herrmann’s Malizia, nor Kevin Escoffier’s Holcim-PRB crew have managed to […]
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The Ocean Race Newport: Newport’s Ocean Live Park to promote sailing and sustainability
Sailing and environmental awareness will be central themes when The Ocean Race visits Newport, R.I., May 13-21, for the only North American stopover of the circumnavigation race. WATCH: Today’s Race Report The Ocean Race Newport Stopover will showcase the intersection of sailing and sustainability. Ocean Live Park, the race village at Fort Adams State Park, will […]
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Team Malizia neck and neck with Team Holcim – PRB after more than a month of racing
As the calendar ticks over to the 33rd day of competition on Leg 3 of The Ocean Race, Team Malizia and Team Holcim-PRB are as close as ever. On the 1200 UTC tracker update, the pair were separated by less than 5 nautical miles on the leaderboard. And it’s a tense time, with very changeable conditions. “We’ve […]
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Northern progress for The Ocean Race fleet
After passing Cape Horn and escaping the south, the big weather challenges haven’t quite ended for The Ocean Race sailors yet. The leading pair – Team Malizia and Team Holcim-PRB – found themselves in what Malizia’s Will Harris called some of the most challenging weather of the leg when they turned north. Gale force winds and sharp, […]
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The Ocean Race moves back into the Atlantic
Team Malizia continues to head the leaderboard in leg 3 of The Ocean Race after leading the fleet around Cape Horn. On Tuesday it was 11th Hour Racing Team (12:55 UTC) and Biotherm (15:25 UTC) who took their turn passing the iconic landmark and joining the exclusive list of offshore sailors to have rounded the Horn. Check […]
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The Ocean Race: Boris Herrmann’s Team Malizia lead fleet around Cape HornThe Ocean Race:
Team Malizia, who were contemplating a return to Cape Town after mast damage in the first days of leg 3, and who approached Cape Horn today nursing an injured crew member, have overcome all these obstacles and more to lead The Ocean Race fleet past the iconic landmark. Boris Herrmann, skipper of Team Malizia, commented on this, his fifth passing of […]
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Team Malizia’s Rosalin Kuiper suffers a head injury near Cape Horn – she is conscious, stable and recovering
The following information is from Team Malizia At around 0900 UTC on 26th March Rosalin Kuiper suffered a head injury after she fell from her bunk when the boat turned and slammed unexpectedly in heavy sea conditions. Rosalin was off watch and sleeping when the boat wiped out due to a large wave off the […]
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The Ocean Race: Final push for The Horn
After 48 hours of building wind and seas, with gusts over 40 knots and waves approaching 7 metres, conditions are starting to moderate on Sunday with the IMOCA fleet turning south to squeeze between Cape Horn and the ice exclusion zone. The wind is in the 18-22 knot range and the waves are 5 metres and decreasing. […]
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11th Hour Racing Team storms towards Cape Horn
March 24, 2023. Itajaí, Brazil Just when they were beginning to wonder if this was going to be a relatively benign second half of the voyage around the bottom of the world, the Southern Ocean still has a sting in its tail. Now 26 days since they departed Cape Town, and for the past week […]
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The Ocean Race: Lining up for the Horn
The teams have the end of the hardest part of the longest leg in the history of The Ocean Race in sight. An epic drone ‘movie’ from Team Malizia On Friday afternoon UTC, the most iconic of landmarks to offshore sailors – Cape Horn – lies just over 1000 miles to the east. But those […]
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The Ocean Race: Big conditions ahead on the way to Cape Horn
For 50 years of The Ocean Race, sailors have considered the Southern Ocean leg, the racing that takes place between Cape Town and Cape Horn, deep in the southern latitudes, as the biggest milestone in the event. Rounding Cape Horn marks the end of the southern conditions, where deep low pressure systems follow one after the […]
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The Ocean Race: From Point Nemo towards Cape Horn
The Ocean Race fleet passed Point Nemo just after 17:30 UTC on Tuesday afternoon, leaving the most remote and isolated place on the ocean in their wake. It likely didn’t feel as isolated as it usually would. All four boats passed the waypoint within a span of 23 minutes and at the head of the fleet, Team Malizia just […]
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The Ocean Race: Back up to speed
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 teams are in 15 to 25 knots of wind, and average speeds are back up near 20 knots. And it is still incredibly, impossibly close racing – […]
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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 mile line extending north to south, but separated by less than 3 miles on the leaderboard. All this after three full weeks of racing. The reason for the close […]
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Sail Newport: The Ocean Race Fleet back in Western Hemisphere
The past week has been one of the milestones for the sailors in The Ocean Race. Record-breaking 24-hour runs, the passing of the scoring gate, and the halfway point of the 12,750-nautical mile leg to Brazil highlighted the fleet’s final days in the Eastern Hemisphere, as Kevin Escoffier’s Swiss-flagged Holcim – PRB led the fleet […]
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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 nibbling into the lead, but little has changed in the big picture over the past 24 hours. “We knew that everyone would close up on us from behind […]
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Another shot of resilience for 11th Hour Racing Team
By 11th Hour Racing Team March 15, 2023. Cape Town, South Africa After 16 days at sea, we’re approaching the halfway point of Leg 3 of The Ocean Race – the world’s longest and toughest sporting event. The only US entry, 11th Hour Racing Team, is holding its own against the rest of the fleet […]
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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 – continued pushing to the east, and for the first time since the start and the Cape of Good Hope, over two weeks ago, there […]
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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 Monday evening, 11th Hour Racing Team revealed the latest challenge for their crew to overcome – a badly torn mainsail, along a load-bearing seam of […]
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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 sets in again with Cape Horn still nearly two weeks away. In case you missed it, on Saturday all four boats blasted past the existing 24 […]
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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 in fast reaching conditions. The wind is up, the water is still (relatively) flat, and the miles keep sliding away under the keel. The fleet continues […]
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Record highs and record lows for 11th Hour Racing Team
March 9, 2023. Cape Town, South Africa It’s week 2, Leg 3 of The Ocean Race – the world’s longest and toughest sporting event – and the only US entry, 11th Hour Racing Team, has passed the remote Kerguelen Islands, and soon they’ll be passing to the south of Australia. It has been a week […]
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Two months until The Ocean Race fleet bears down on Newport
By Sail Newport About two months from today, in early May, The Ocean Race fleet will be bearing down on the Leg 4 finish in Newport. Or, perhaps, the first finisher will be safely tucked away at Fort Adams State Park. Whatever the result, the fleet’s arrival for its lone North American stopover is coming […]
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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 winds from a series of low pressure systems propelling them relentlessly east. The leader, Team Holcim-PRB, has made a dive to become the boat furthest […]
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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 second placed Biotherm, who have gained over 30 miles on Team Holcim-PRB. See on board Biotherm with Sam Davies At the other end of the […]
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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, 11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia needed to dive as far south as the edge of the ice exclusion zone to find the wind, […]
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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 are all finally on the move after a frustrating period of unusually light, warm, and calm conditions. While the unusual weather suited Team Malizia as […]
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The Ocean Race: 11th Hour Racing Team in second place; the battle of attrition has begun
By 11th Hour Racing The frenetic start out of Cape Town has set the tone for the first few days of Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23, the 12,750 nautical mile monster rollercoaster ride through the Southern Ocean. As of 1500 UTC, on Thursday, March 2, Newport, Rhode Island-based 11th Hour Racing Team currently […]
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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 more appropriate. After winning Legs 1 and 2 of The Ocean Race, the Holcim-PRB crew have now built a solid lead just four days into the Leg, escaping with a […]
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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. Team Holcim – PRB is making the best of it, but the news of the day centres around GUYOT environnement – Team Europe who have […]
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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 heard two consecutive noises. After an inspection of the boat, they discovered abnormal movements in the hull bottom in the living area. After a discussion […]
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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 first big weather system of the leg. After a day of light winds and adverse current on Monday, the winds will be welcome. But they come […]
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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 five racing boats – on Monday morning. The five IMOCA crews are bumping into a small ridge of high pressure and the light winds associated […]
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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 adventure towards Itajaí in Brazil. The race started with two and a half laps of an inshore course to give the crowds lining the Cape […]
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11th Hour Racing Team prepares for longest leg in The Ocean Race history
11th Hour Racing Team will set off tomorrow, Sunday, February 26, 2023, on the longest ever leg in the history of The Ocean Race – 12,750-nautical miles (14,672-miles/23,613-kilometers) and around 35 days of racing through the Southern Ocean. The US-flagged team will cross the startline in Cape Town at 1415 local time (1215 UTC) to […]
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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 the race course and the southerly breeze blowing 15-18 knots, conditions could not have been better for some fast and tactical competition. A three-lap configuration […]
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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 where Team Malizia won the race, with 11th Hour Racing Team and Biotherm taking the other podium positions. The leaderboard is here. In addition to being […]
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American around-the-world sailboat can replace damaged foils
The American boat in The Ocean Race received permission on Friday to replace its cracked foils before the next leg of the around-the-world race — a 12,750-nautical mile run to Brazil that is the longest in the 50-year history of the event. “We are pleased with the Race Committee’s decision to allow us to replace […]
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Race Committee approves replacement of 11th Hour Racing Team’s seriously damaged foils
By T!1th Hour Racing 11th Hour Racing Team’s request to replace its foils in Cape Town due to serious damage sustained in the first two legs of the Race, has been approved by the organization’s Race Committee. The team’s spare foils will be put into the boat over the weekend, and the 60-foot race boat […]
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11th Hour Racing Team finished 3rd on Leg 2 of The Ocean Race
11th Hour Racing Team has finished Leg 2 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 in third place. The only US entry in the five-boat IMOCA fleet completed the 6,514.01 nautical mile [7,565 mile or 12,175 kilometer] course from Mindelo, Cabo Verde, to Cape Town South Africa, in 17 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, and 40 seconds. […]
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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 miles of the race. At sunrise on Sunday morning, four teams were in the fight for the leg win, with Biotherm, 11th Hour Racing Team and […]
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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 five miles on the advantage line, as they race in light, flukey, changeable conditions. And the fifth placed boat remains the fastest in the fleet having made […]
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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 V+A Waterfront of Cape Town. Overnight Wednesday night the race shifted into a speed contest to the northeast as the one by one the fleet […]
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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 Town finishing line. Climb on board the leader – Team Malizia – as they battle with their watermaker and work to protect their lead There […]
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The Ocean Race: Roaring towards Cape Town
It’s been a productive and fast 24 hours for the IMOCA fleet in The Ocean Race as the teams are diving south towards an ice exclusion zone and into the Roaring 40s, named for the area south of 40-degrees latitude where low pressure systems circle the continent of Antarctica unimpeded by land masses. Sailors in […]
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The Ocean Race: Hurry up to slow down
Today’s report is from IMOCA It’s been a long, exhausting but also thrilling second leg of The Ocean Race and the pattern is not going to change in the final stages, with the five IMOCA crews bracing themselves for one last push to Cape Town. But the routing is far from straightforward, with the boats having […]
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The Ocean Race: 11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia win the weekend
The American-flagged 11th Hour Racing Team pushed into the lead on leg 2 of The Ocean Race over the weekend. Skipper Charlie Enright and his crew held their nerve over an early decision to take a westerly routing on the descent down the Atlantic and the choice paid dividends on Saturday afternoon and overnight into Sunday. […]
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The Ocean Race: Making the turn
It was near midnight UTC on Saturday night when boats in The Ocean Race fleet started to make their first significant move to the east towards Cape Town. Within an hour, all five teams had gybed to the east and pointed their bows towards Africa. It’s a very close race now with 11th Hour Racing, Team […]
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The Ocean Race: Around the outside
“Around the outside” is a trope that gets pulled out at one point or another on every edition of The Ocean Race. It refers to a tactical option on the race course where a boat, or boats, sail a longer route in more favourable conditions to make a pass on the leaderboard. Today it’s appropriate […]
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The Ocean Race: Differing views
Credit to GUYOT environnement – Team Europe who have regained the lead on the race tracker as well as their position as the most southerly boat in the fleet. In a race south, that’s a good thing…. or is it? Two of the three boats positioned about 120 miles to the west – Team Holcim-PRB and […]
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The Ocean Race: East is least
One day can make a big difference in The Ocean Race. In fact, just a few hours can turn what had been a winning hand into something doubtful. That’s been the case for GUYOT environnement – Team Europe, who gambled on an easterly line-up for the doldrums and appeared to have made a big gain in […]
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The Ocean Race: Back on track
After hitting the speed bump of the doldrums, the five IMOCA yachts competing in The Ocean Race are now eating up the miles on the race south to Cape Town. Watch the content from on board the race boatsFollow the positions on the race trackerDefying conventional wisdom that says ‘west is best’ for a doldrums crossing, […]
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WUN-ON-ONE: A conversation with Brad Read, Sail Newport and The Ocean Race Newport Stopover
The Ocean Race fleet is expected to arrive in Newport on or around May 10-12, 2023, following an approximately 17-day trek from Itajai, Brazil. Before reaching the shores of the United States, the sailors will have completed 28,650 nautical miles, which is approximately 89% of the global race, which began on January 15, 2023. The […]
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The Ocean Race: Racing into the South
As January comes to a close, so does one chapter of leg 2 of The Ocean Race. The fleet has burst into the southern hemisphere, crossing the equator overnight and escaping the calms of the doldrums. Follow the latest positions on the race tracker Follow the latest stories ‘from the boats’ GUYOT environnement – Team Europe […]
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The Ocean Race: Nervous times
It’s been a difficult 24 hours for the entire fleet as the five IMOCA teams become fully engulfed in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, better known as the doldrums. The light, fickle winds, random storm cells and clouds that bring sudden puffs of wind along with rain and thunder and lightning, mean days and nights of uncertainty. […]
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The Ocean Race, Leg 2: Slowly sliding south
By The Ocean Race It’s been a tense first night as the IMOCA fleet has sailed south, away from Mindelo and towards the uncertainty of the Doldrums. It was an exciting start, despite the light conditions, with close quarters action as the fleet leaves Cabo Verde en route to Cape Town. Watch the start from […]
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The Ocean Race: Leg two starts with difficult choices ahead
After being buffeted by strong trade winds for the duration of the short stopover, the waters off Mindelo, Cabo Verde were relatively calm on Wednesday for the start of Leg 2 of The Ocean Race. The short stopover marked the first time The Ocean Race has visited west Africa and this island chain despite it […]
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The Ocean Race – Shifting Gears: Leg 2 presents challenges to IMOCA sailors
After a week of solid trade wind action in Cabo Verde, the forecast for the start of Leg 2 is much more benign – light NE winds of 5 to 8 knots. In fact, the weakening trade winds are likely to impact the fleet all the way down to the doldrums – the area of […]
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UN Secretary-General: “Ending the ocean emergency is a race we must win”
By The Ocean Race ‘Ending the ocean emergency is a race we must win, and working as one, it is a race we can win’ – this was the powerful message from United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at The Ocean Race Summit Mindelo, held in Cabo Verde, earlier today. Opening the event, he said: “We gather on […]
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The Ocean Race: Team JAJO wraps up second place in VO65 class
As Paul Meilhat’s Biotherm (fourth place) and Benjamin Dutreux’s GUYOT environnement – Team Europe (fifth place) completed the IMOCA rankings overnight, the Dutch Team JAJO earned a strong second place finish in The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint, behind Poland’s WindWhisper Racing Team who had finished earlier on Saturday with an impressive VO65 class victory. Dutch […]
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11th Hour Racing team claims 2nd place for Leg 1 of The Ocean Race
By 11th Hour Racing 11th Hour Racing Team, sailing onboard its 60-foot IMOCA race boat Mālama, has finished Leg 1 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 in second place. The opening leg of the grueling 31,700 nautical miles (36,500 miles, 58,700 kilometers) around-the-world race took the fleet from Alicante, Spain, to the Cabo Verde island of […]
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The Ocean Race: Team Holcim-PRB lead into Cabo Verde to win Leg One
By The Ocean Race French skipper Kevin Escoffier led his Swiss-flagged Team Holcim-PRB to victory in leg one of The Ocean Race in the early hours of Saturday morning. It marked the end of an intense and challenging opening to The Ocean Race – from storm force headwinds in the Mediterranean to fast downwind conditions […]
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The Ocean Race: IMOCA crews set their sights on a new era of ocean racing
By The Ocean Race All five crews are racing in Lorient this week at the annual Défi Azimut – Lorient Agglomération regatta where all but one of them, Kevin Escoffier’s Holcim – PRB, are sailing with four crew and one onboard reporter (OBR), as per The Ocean Race regulations. Speaking to an audience of invited […]
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The Ocean Race aims for equal number of male and female sailors in the event by 2030
By The Ocean Race/Press Release The Ocean Race, the world’s toughest test of a team in sport, is aiming for a 50:50 split of women and men competing in the round-the-world sailing fleet within the next three editions of the Race, building on its historical leadership position that has seen 136 women take part in […]
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Paul Meilhat’s Biotherm will compete in The Ocean Race
French skipper Paul Meilhat will fulfill a lifelong dream in January 2023 when he leads Biotherm across the starting line of The Ocean Race on the waters off Alicante, Spain. The Ocean Race today announced that Meilhat and his team will be racing one of the newest IMOCA boats in the fleet, a Verdier design that is […]
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11th Hour Racing Team will train for The Ocean Race in Newport this June and July
Newport-based offshore sailing outfit 11th Hour Racing Team has unveiled its 2022 plans as it builds up to the pinnacle of crewed offshore ocean racing – The Ocean Race 2022-23. After a 14-month delay, The Ocean Race’s start date is now confirmed as January 15, 2023, from Alicante, Spain. While the sailing team will spend a large part of […]
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Stopover dates announced for The Ocean Race, returns to Newport in May 2023
The Ocean Race 2022-23 will visit nine iconic international cities over a six-month period, with leg one starting from Alicante, Spain, on 15 January 2023. The start of the 14th edition of The Ocean Race, early in the new year, will follow the Reyes holiday period in Spain, and see the two racing fleets (the foiling […]
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Start date confirmed for next edition of The Ocean Race
The start date for leg one of The Ocean Race 2022-23 has been confirmed with both IMOCA and VO65 fleets scheduled to burst from the starting blocks on Sunday, January 15, 2023, from Alicante on Spain’s Mediterranean coast. The Ocean Race said in a press release today that there will be race activity throughout 2022, with teams building […]
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New race course for The Ocean Race features the longest Southern Ocean leg in the 50-year history of the event
The following is a press release from The Ocean Race The next edition of The Ocean Race will feature the longest Southern Ocean leg in the 50-year history of the event, an incredible 12,750 nautical mile marathon between Cape Town, South Africa to Itajaí, Brazil. This is just one of the highlights of the updated race course, confirmed this week. The race route for […]
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Aarhus confirmed as Host City for the 2021/2022 edition of The Ocean Race
Race Update from The Ocean Race The Ocean Race will come to Aarhus, Denmark during the spring of 2022, following a popular ‘Fly-By’ of the city during the final leg of the 2017-18 edition of the Race.The success of the Fly-By, where the fleet raced into the inner harbour of Aarhus port and around a […]