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 at 0600 UTC on Tuesday morning, by virtue of heading close to shore and picking up a gentle breeze along the coast.
This allowed them to ease past Team Holcim-PRB, who had led for the majority of the leg...
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Malizia Finishes With A Flourish
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Malizia Finished With A Flourish
Team Malizia found a way to grab a last-minute win in leg 7 of The Ocean Race, saving the best for last.
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WindWhisper Wins The VO65 Sprint Series
WindWhisper Racing Team wins Stage 3 of The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint, their 3rd win in as many stages. The Polish boat logically also takes overall victory!
WindWhisper Racing Team first VO65 at Genova!
The Polish team skippered in this leg by Daryl Wislang crossed the line at 10h 27m 52s UTC in an elapsed time of 10 days 23 hours 17 minutes and 52 seconds.
WindWhisper Racing Team won... -
WindWhisper Takes The Hague To Genova Sprint
WindWhisper Racing Team wins Stage 3 of The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint, their 3rd win in as many stages. The Polish boat logically also takes... -
Orca Encounters By Ocean Race Sailors
Team JAJO and Mirpuri Trifork Racing have both reported being approached by orcas around 1450 UTC. The teams subsequently... -
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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Malama Has Departed The Hague
In brief:
11th Hour Racing Team has left The Hague, The Netherlands, bound for Genoa, Italy.
The “race-within-a-race” is now on for the team to deliver the boat to Genoa in time for the In-Port Race on July 1
Routing for the 2,500 nautical mile delivery currently has team arriving on June 30
Skipper, Enright: “We are very tight on time, but we will do everything we can to get to Genoa to join the rest of the fleet for... -
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... -
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.
“I used to...