Biotherm Finishes Leg 5 of The Ocean Race on Shortened Course

31st May 2023

Onboard reporter Ronan Gladu gets a polecam view from the back of the boat making slow progress towards Aarhus on Thursday 25 May Credit: Ronan Gladu/Biotherm/The Ocean Race

In accordance with The Ocean Race sailing instructions, which allow the race committee to shorten the course for boats still racing, the Leg 5 finish line for Biotherm has been moved to longitude 0-degrees.

Accordingly, the team finished at 10:37:50 UTC on Wednesday (31 May) in fourth place, scoring four points for the leg. Their elapsed time for the shortened course was nine days, 16 hours, 22 minutes and 50 seconds.

While the leg is finished for Biotherm, this hasn’t changed the distance to go to Aarhus, which is still 480 miles away as of Wednesday afternoon — more than two days after 11th Hour Racing Team crossed the finish line in first place.

The team is making way slowly, protecting the stability of the mast despite their broken rigging and is not expected to join the IMOCA fleet at Ocean Live Park before the weekend.

See the latest boat feed from the team, which shows how they are sailing under a jury-rigged shroud towards Aarhus:

Meanwhile, Ocean Live Park in Aarhus is a bustling hub of activity. There has been an opening-day drone show, bands, a VO65 arrival parade of sail, school visits to the learning programme, as well as all manner of entertainment and hospitality. And that’s just the first couple of days.

The Ocean Race Summit takes place on Thursday and the rest of the stopover promises much more in the way of an exciting and engaging visitor experience building up to Sunday’s In Port Racing, ahead of the Leg 6 start next week, with sunshine forecast all the way through.

A drone show entertained onlookers at the Ocean Live Park in Aarhus on Monday 29 May | Credit: Sailing Energy/The Ocean Race

Leg 5 positions/points

11th Hour Racing Team - 10 points
Team Holcim-PRB - 8 points
Team Malizia - 6 points
Biotherm - 4 points
GUYOT environnement - Team Europe - suspended racing

The Ocean Race IMOCA Leaderboard (through Leg 5)

11th Hour Racing Team – 28 points
Team Holcim-PRB – 27 points
Team Malizia – 24 points
Biotherm – 17 points
GUYOT envrionnement - Team Europe – 2 points

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