The fleet of 31 has been reduced by 3 boats since the start, while the lead boats, led by Franck Cammas and Jeremie Beyou on Charal are as this writing are all within 100 miles or less, and galloping along to windward at speeds approaching 20 knots!
Last night, CORUM L'Epargne dismasted 80 miles from Audierne, in the southwest of Brittany. The damage occurred at around 1:30 am, just over 12 hours after the start of the Azimut 48H from Lorient. The boat had just...
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Top IMOCA Boats Charging Towards The Finish
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A Breeze On Start For Le Defi Azimut
Breeze, heavy seas, beating, reaching and running… Some bracing and varied conditions await the 34 competing duos from Thursday at 10:30 UTC
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An Increase In Wind Lifts Spirits As Fleet Nears Straits Of Gilbralter
WindWhisper Racing Team leads both fleets toward the Med and grabs Vasco da Gama Mirpuri Foundation Prize
The Polish-flagged team has stretched away to a 90 mile lead, winning the Vasco da Gama Mirpuri Foundation Prize in the process...
As skipper Daryl Wislang pushed his WindWhisper Racing Team across the line of 37-degress north latitude at 10:04 UTC on Wednesday morning, his team prepared to turn east towards the Strait of Gibraltar... -
An Uptick In Wind Means And Uplift In Spirits
WindWhisper Racing Team leads both fleets toward the Med and grabs Vasco da Gama Mirpuri Foundation Prize
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A Rapid Recovery For Malama
The Hague, The Netherlands
Sunday, June 18, 2023
11th Hour Racing Team has announced its plan to deliver its 60-foot race boat, Mālama, to Genoa, Italy, after the huge collision during the inshore section of the Leg 7 start, which saw the team forced to retire from the final leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23. 11th Hour Racing Team’s boat was hit by competitor GUYOT environnement - Team Europe just 17 minutes into the start of the leg, on its port side, leaving... -
A Rapid Recovery For Malama
The Hague, The Netherlands
Sunday, June 18, 2023
11th Hour Racing Team has announced its plan to deliver its 60-foot... -
Working Hard To Get Back In The Race
It might be hard to believe, given the scale of disappointment felt yesterday but these images were taken just an hour after the team docked back into The Hague.
"The team is okay. It's been a tough afternoon but the most important thing is that everyone's okay," says Team CEO Mark Towill. "In my opinion, we've got one of the best tech teams in the world, so they're diagnosing exactly where we're at so we can make a plan."
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On The Edge In Port Race Goes To GUYOT
GUYOT environnement-Team Europe lead the way in fast and furious foiling conditions
A fantastic first win for the popular IMOCA team at the In Port Race in The Hague
The Hague served up some of the best racing conditions the IMOCA fleet has seen in this edition of The Ocean Race on Tuesday afternoon. Bright sunshine and strong winds approaching 20 knots made for fast and furious foiling for the In-Port Race.
Benjamin Dutreux’s GUYOT environnement... -
On The Edge In Port Race Goes To GUYOT
GUYOT environnement-Team Europe lead the way in fast and furious foiling conditions
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3 Boat Drag Race To The Hague
The result was in doubt until the final moments of leg 6, with 11th Hour Racing Team along with Team Holcim-PRB and Team Malizia racing within shouting distance of each other during most of Sunday morning.
The final approach to The Hague required one short upwind section where the boats were crisscrossing within metres with each tack, but skipper Charlie Enright's 11th Hour Racing Team held their nerve and made the final turn south with a small lead they would manage... -
3 Boat Drag Race At Hague Finish
The result was in doubt until the final moments of leg 6, with 11th Hour Racing Team along with Team Holcim-PRB and Team Malizia... -
Kiel Flyby Attracts Big Turnout
Friday Fly By in Kiel attracts enormous crowds to cheer on IMOCA fleet
VO65 crews are racing south from Norway turning mark towards a Sunday arrival in The Hague
The last time The Ocean Race was in Kiel was on 9 June, 2002, and the German team, illbruck, was being celebrated for winning the Volvo Ocean Race. In the crowd was a young German sailor beginning his career - Boris Herrmann - and the event made a lasting impression.
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Kiel Flyby Attracts Big Turnout
Friday Fly By in Kiel attracts enormous crowds to cheer on IMOCA fleet
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Leg 6 Begins In Fickle Wind
Aarhus start - IMOCAs are underway in very light conditions - VO65s racing to The Hague
1850 local / 1650 UTC: According to the Race Committee there is 'zero' wind on the race course area at the moment. Therefore the second lap is cancelled and teams will be required to pass through the start line and the 'gate' between marks 1 and 2 before they are free to proceed onwards to Kiel.
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Malama Claims Leg 5
11th Hour Racing Team win Leg 5, grab overall lead in The Ocean Race
Team Holcim-PRB hold on for second place, with Team Malizia third...
Skipper Charlie Enright's smile was as bright as the early morning sun in Aarhus, Denmark on Monday morning as he led his 11th Hour Racing Team to a first place finish in leg 5 of The Ocean Race.
The win was doubly important; the transatlantic race is a double-points...