A Two Horse Race Along The Argentine Coast

Team Malizia neck and neck with Team Holcim-PRB after more than a month of racing

Top pair engaged in close quarters battle off the coast of Argentina...



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...

Cape Horn In Rear View, Challenges Ahead



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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, confused seas....

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. That's still plenty of motion on an IMOCA, making movement on board difficult, but slightly better than over...

Close together, far from home



The Ocean Race is still racing close together as they approach the most isolated place on the planet

The four IMOCAs charging towards Cape Horn are approaching Point Nemo on Tuesday.



Defined as the most isolated, remote place on earth, Point Nemo is a spot in south Pacific Ocean, 2,688 kilometres from the nearest land. In fact, the closest sign of civilisation is the International Space Station, orbiting...

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 racing remains a stubbornly persistent ridge of high pressure and its light winds that is...

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 to compress slightly, closing the race up with the leg 3 scoring gate fast approaching. The ETA is now Monday morning UTC.





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GUYOT environnement Team Europe has announced they will abandon leg 3 of The Ocean Race and devote their efforts to rejoining the race in Itajai, Brazil ahead of leg 4.



The release issued by the team said:

"The decision has been made. We had no choice. If we had resumed the third leg and sailed around the Southern Ocean to Itaja?, we would not have had time to prepare for the next leg. We would then have always been late on the other legs as well. In...

TEAM MALIZIA FINDS A CRACK AT THE TOP OF THEIR MAST
Flash info - TOR Leg 3 Mast crack - 1 March 2023





Southern Ocean, 1 March 2023 - Today at approximately 12:00 pm UTC, as the boat was sailing in Leg 3 of The Ocean Race, Team Malizia’s sailing crew noticed a crack to the top part of their mast. The sailing crew were safe and immediately notified the shore team of the issue as co-skipper Rosalin Kuiper climbed up the mast to take photos of the...

Holcim PRB leads fleet east while GUYOT environnement turns back to Cape Town



Two teams suffered setbacks over the past 24 hours with GUYOT environnement electing to return to Cape Town while Team Malizia is down a sail...








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...

Day 2 - Leg 3 | The night we lost a sail.





all images ? Antoine Auriol / Team Malizia


At approximately 19:00 UTC on 28 February 2023, our crew was sailing in big waves with good wind conditions when they dropped the C0 sail in the water.


The team quickly assessed that it had become unhooked and thus was the reason for it falling. This is something that our shore team and sailing team are discussing further to fully understand...

Breeze on as fleet encounters first southern weather system



The Ocean Race 2022-23 - 28 February 2023, Leg 2 Strong winds on Day 2 onboard GUYOT environnement - Team Europe.? Charles Drapeau / GUYOT environnement - Team Europe
As The Ocean Race fleet heads further south, conditions change dramatically



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The wind has arrived for leg 3 of The Ocean Race as the five IMOCA teams settle into...

Where did the wind go? It’s coming!!


A fast and furious start sequence out of Cape Town has given way to light winds as the fleet attempts to work to the south and the promise of stronger conditions




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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...

Team HolcimPRB (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 on the rectangular race course would test every team’s boathandling skills on these IMOCA boats, which are not designed for turning tight corners...

TEAM HOLCIM - PRB WIN LEG 2 OF THE OCEAN RACE



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 the Holcim - PRB crews racing in lockstep in light and changeable conditions.

Team Malizia was some 20 miles to the...

Pointing at Cape Town


The fleet is heading north again, away from the ice exclusion zone, and pointing at the finish in Cape Town



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...