Cape Horn is just over 1000 miles away, but they will be hard-earned miles… The teams have the end of the hardest part of the longest leg in the history of The Ocean Race in sight. On Friday afternoon UTC, the most iconic of landmarks to offshore sailors – Cape Horn – lies just over […]
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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 just over 400 kilometres above the sailors. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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As The Ocean Race crews charge around the world, is racing under autopilot cheating… or progress? Matt Sheahan considers the implications of the the new normal 15 January 2023, Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Biotherm That’s not racing. It’s cheating. If you’re going to use the autopilot to sail around the world […]
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Holcim-PRB, the dominant leader of The Ocean Race, has set a new 24-hour IMOCA record of 595.26 nautical miles IMOCA record run on Day 14 of The Ocean Race: high speeds onboard Team Holcim – PRB. Drone view. Kevin Escoffier’s Holcim-PRB, the dominant leader of The Ocean Race, has set a new 24-hour IMOCA record […]
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As the fleet races towards the scoring gate, records are being set… It’s been a record breaking day in The Ocean Race as the four IMOCAs racing through the south are pressing hard to gain position – and points – at the leg 3 scoring gate. Conditions have certainly been favourable for making big mileage […]
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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 of emotional highs and lows for Skipper […]
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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 nearly 250 nautical miles. The lead is still significant – at 170 miles – but certainly far less secure than earlier in […]
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Alex Thomson might have hung up his Vendée Globe boots, but 2024 will see one of the most competitive line-ups of British skippers taking on the epic race Pip Hare is a renowned shorthanded offshore sailor. She will be starting her second Vendee Globe in 2024. Photo: Richard Langdon/Ocean Images /Pip Hare Ocean Racing As […]
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Team Holcim-PRB continues to hold a 500-plus mile lead on leg 3 of The Ocean Race, but the pursuing pack of three is making small gains by pushing forward at record-breaking pace. 11th Hour Racing Team posted a 544.63 nautical mile run over the 24 hours ending in a period ending just after midnight Saturday […]
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The famous Around the Island Race at the 43rd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta took place this year on Saturday, the penultimate race day. PRO Mark Townsend had made an early call to shift the race, which traditionally takes place Friday, by 24 hours to take advantage of the stronger wind forecast for the 31.6NM route. […]
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The epic 12,000 mile Southern Ocean leg of The Ocean Race has been underway for a few days, but it’s already a survival of the fittest test, with one team out already Holcim – PRB have won the first two legs of The Ocean Race so far. Leg 3 of The Ocean Race was always […]
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Expert weather guru, Chris Tibbs takes a look at Southern Ocean storms and considers how sailors can best take advantage – or avoid- them Any colour you want as long as it’s grey! That’s my overriding memory of life in the Southern Ocean – we tend to forget the sun reflecting off icebergs and the […]
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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. After beating upwind into the teeth of a gale on Sunday evening, things have slowed down for The Ocean Race fleet – now back […]
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Two boats picked up damage and it was a wild ride for the rest of the fleet as The Ocean Race leg 3 started in 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 60 fleet set out on their […]
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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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Five high-tech fully crewed foiling IMOCAs will take on 12,000 miles of Southern Ocean, passing all three ‘Great Capes’ in Leg 3 of The Ocean Race. Could offshore sailing fans ask for anything more, asks Toby Heppell? This weekend five crewed IMOCA 60s will take to the startline for the third leg of The Ocean […]
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The 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 starts on 20th February at 11:00 AST (UTC-4). Seventy boats from all over the world are ready in Antigua for the non-stop 600nm race around 11 Caribbean islands. With over 550 sailors from 30 nations taking part, the RORC Caribbean 600 is truly an international affair. On […]
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It was very close for the top three boats at the finish of The Ocean Race leg 2, which saw Kevin Escoffier’s Team Holcim – PRB take a second win Skipper Kevin Escoffier and his Team Holcim – PRB have won Leg 2 of The Ocean Race from Cabo Verde to Cape Town after a […]
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