Ocean Race News
The Ocean Race has launched a metaverse experience pilot with Virtual Regatta and Accenture to engage fans and businesses in a new way with the renowned global yacht race. The companies have developed a metaverse environment that allows gamers and…
After passing Cape Horn and escaping the south, the big-weather challenges haven’t quite ended for The Ocean Race sailors yet. The leading IMOCA pair — Team Malizia and Team Holcim-PRB — found themselves in what Malizia’s Will Harris called some…
Team Malizia continues to head the leaderboard in Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 after leading the fleet around Cape Horn. On Tuesday (28 March) it was 11th Hour Racing Team (1255 UTC) and Biotherm (1525 UTC) who took…
It’s one thing moving a start line because of say, a wind shift. But at the Cape Town start for Leg 3 of the The Ocean Race on 26 February, principal race officer Bill O’Hara was forced to work around…
The Ocean Race: Boris Herrmann’s Team Malizia Leads Fleet Around Cape Horn
27th March 2023 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…
After 48 hours of building wind and seas, with gusts over 40 knots and waves approaching seven metres, conditions were starting to moderate on Sunday (26 March) with The Ocean Race fleet turning south to squeeze between Cape Horn and…
It’s the final weekend in southern latitudes, in the waters the sailors in The Ocean Race call the Southern Ocean. In these Furious 50s, the winds and waves are on a one-way track from west to east around Antarctica, the…
The IMOCA 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 (24 March), the most iconic of landmarks to offshore sailors — 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…
The Ocean Race IMOCAs In a Drag Race Towards Cape Horn With the Weather Beginning to Turn
22nd March 2023 Ocean Race
The Ocean Race fleet passed Point Nemo just after 1730 UTC on Tuesday (21 March), 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…
The Ocean Race IMOCAs Approach Most Remote Place on Earth as Aggressive Weather Looms
21st March 2023 Ocean Race
The four IMOCAs charging towards Cape Horn in Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 are approaching Point Nemo on Tuesday (21 March). Defined as the most isolated, remote place on earth, Point Nemo is a spot in south Pacific…
Leg 3’s four IMOCAs pushing east through the southern latitudes of the Pacific Ocean are seeing better speeds today, following a weekend of light winds for The Ocean Race. Racing along the ice exclusion limit at 52-degrees south, the teams…
On Saturday (18 March) it seemed as if Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 couldn’t get any closer. By Sunday morning UTC that was proved wrong. Today (19 March), all four IMOCA teams are lined up on a 13-mile…
On day 20 (Saturday 18 March) of racing in Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23, the competition is incredibly close, with four IMOCAs separated by fewer than 17 nautical miles as of 1800 UTC. The teams still have two…
As forecast, lighter than usual conditions just ahead of the fleet have provided an effective re-start of Leg 3, just after the four IMOCAs reached the halfway point of the longest stage in the history of The Ocean Race. These…
The Ocean Race IMOCAs Pass Leg 3’s Halfway Point Making Steady Progress Towards Cape Horn
16th March 2023 Ocean Race
Team Holcim PRB retains its lead in Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 on Thursday 16 March as the IMOCA fleet compresses to within 100 miles. As per the forecast on Wednesday, the leader is slowing slightly and the trailing boats…
