Ocean Race News
Fast and Furious Leg 3 Start Gives Way to Light Winds for The Ocean Race Fleet
27th February 2023 Ocean Race
After beating upwind into the teeth of a gale on Sunday evening (26 February), a few hours after the Leg 3 start, things have slowed down for The Ocean Race fleet — now back up to a full complement of…
It was an extraordinary ‘stop-go’ type of start to Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 in Table Bay on Sunday afternoon (26 February) as the five-boat IMOCA fleet set out on their 12,750-nautical-mile adventure towards Itajaí in Brazil. The…
At over 12,750 nautical miles, Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 will be the longest ever in the 50 years since the competition began. When the IMOCA boats cast off from the dock at midday in Cape Town on…
Team Holcim-PRB Wins Cape Town In-Port Race Ahead of The Ocean Race’s Daunting Third Leg
24th February 2023 Ocean Race
Team Holcim-PRB led the Cape Town In-Port Race presented by V&A Waterfront from start to finish this afternoon, Friday 24 February, further proving their dominance over The Ocean Race fleet on the eve of its most daunting leg yet. With…
Friday’s In-Port Race in Cape Town is scheduled to start in perfect racing conditions at 2.15pm local time (1215 UTC). And the crew lists have now been published for the Cape Town In-Port Race presented by V&A Waterfront, which is…
The Ocean Race: Boris Herrmann Will Be Back at the Helm of Team Malizia for Leg 3
22nd February 2023 Ocean Race
Boris Herrmann will be back as skipper of Team Malizia for Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23, following a burn injury he sustained from Leg 1 to Cabo Verde. “I went to a burns specialist who had a very…
Once on the ground, the foils on the 11th Hour Racing Team's Ocean Race Mālama were removed from the boat and have undergone surface Non-Destructive Testing. These non-invasive techniques determine the integrity of the structure of a boat and its…
The Ocean Race Leg 2 Review: Switzerland’s Team Holcim–PRB Extends Overall Race Lead
13th February 2023 Ocean Race
The Swiss-flagged IMOCA Team Holcim–PRB, skippered by Frenchman Kevin Escoffier, has extended its overall race lead by winning the second leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23 after leading the five-boat fleet into Cape Town on Sunday (12 February) at the…
Team Holcim-PRB Wins Leg 2 of The Ocean Race With Key Breakaway in Final Hours
12th February 2023 Ocean Race
Skipper Kevin Escoffier and his Team Holcim-PRB have won Leg 2 of The Ocean Race from Cabo Verde to Cape Town after a tense battle through the final miles of the race. At sunrise on Sunday morning (12 February), four…
With just over 200 nautical miles left to race (as of 1800 UTC on Saturday 11 February) the results of Leg 2 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 remain as uncertain as ever. The second, third and fourth-placed IMOCA boats are…
White-Knuckle Racing for The Ocean Race IMOCAs Two Days from Cape Town
10th February 2023 Ocean Race
For 4,700 nautical miles, the five IMOCA teams competing in Leg 2 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 have been duelling south from Cabo Verde towards a finish line just off the V+A Waterfront of Cape Town. Overnight Wednesday night (8…
11th Hour Racing Team is leading the way in Leg 2 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 on Thursday evening (9 February) as the five IMOCA teams gybed away from the ice exclusion zone along 45-degrees south latitude overnight, turning to…
It’s been a productive and fast 24 hours for the IMOCA fleet in The Ocean Race 2022-23 as the teams are diving south towards an ice exclusion zone and into the Roaring 40s, named for the area south of 40-degrees…
The Ocean Race Leaders Pushing Hard to Make Up the Miles — But Black Hole of Light Winds Lies Before Cape Town
7th February 2023 Ocean Race
It’s been a long, exhausting but also thrilling second leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23 and the pattern is not going to change in the final stages, with the five IMOCA crews bracing themselves for one last push to Cape Town.…
The Ocean Race IMOCAs Make the Turn East in First Big Move Towards Cape Town
5th February 2023 Ocean Race
It was near midnight UTC on Saturday night (4 February) when boats in The Ocean Race fleet started to make their first significant move to the east towards Cape Town. Within an hour, all five IMOCA teams had gybed to…
The Ocean Race: Luck Runs Out for GUYOT environnement as Leg 2 Lead Shrinks
4th February 2023 Ocean Race
“Around the outside” is a trope that gets pulled out at one point or another on every edition of The Ocean Race. It refers to a tactical option on the race course where a boat, or boats, sail a longer…
