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It was GUYOT environnement - Team Europe sailor Annie Lush who said the opening days of Leg 4 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 would be a “trim off” and this is how it has come to pass. She was referring…

Nearly 350,000 fans visited the Ocean Live Park in Itajaí, Brazil this month to celebrate The Ocean Race stopover. And on Sunday (23 April), Leg 4 of The Ocean Race got under way as the five-boat IMOCA fleet set out…

While the five IMOCA teams in The Ocean Race 2022-23 have already sailed nearly two-thirds of the way around the world, the sporting competition is not yet at the halfway point. There are nine full point scoring opportunities in this…

It was start-to-finish domination by 11th Hour Racing Team in Itajaí, Brazil in the In-Port Race on Friday (21 April) and the win moved the American team to the top of The Ocean Race In-Port Race Series leaderboard. Light winds…

Crew rotation is proving to be a big feature in this edition of The Ocean Race. For Leg 4, some big crew changes are afoot, for two of the teams in particular. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, Ireland’s round-the-world veteran…

Speaking on Wednesday (19 April) at The Ocean Race Summit Itajaí, Secretary of Environmental and Territorial Indigenous Rights at Brazil’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples warned that indigenous rights and better governance are critical for the success of ocean protection initiatives.…

Ireland's veteran round-the-world sailor Damian Foxall of County Kerry will join the crew of 11th Hour Racing Team for Leg 4 of The Ocean Race from Itajaí, Brazil to Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Skipper Charlie Enright will draw on his squad…

Team Malizia and Biotherm have announced crew changes ahead of Leg 4 of The Ocean Race 2022-23. British sailor Will Harris will be Team Malizia’s skipper for the fourth stage of the round-the-world race, taking over the role for the…

As skipper Charlie Enright put it, this wasn’t the finish they wanted, but it was a massive achievement all the same. He was referring to a third-place result in Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 for 11th Hour Racing…

The podium battle promises to push the two teams still racing up the coast to the very end, with Biotherm and 11th Hour Racing Team racing within as close as seven miles of each other on The Ocean Race Leg…

The organisers of The Ocean Race and the Valencian regional government presented the economic impact generated over the race start period in Alicante to be estimated at €71.6 million in GDP, of which €58.5 million was in the Valencian region.…

With The Ocean Race Leg 3 winner Team Malizia and second-place finisher Team Holcim-PRB safe in Itajaí, the battle on the water for third place has closed up dramatically over the past 24 hours. Paul Meilhat’s Biotherm crew has realised…

This morning, Sunday 2 April at 05:20:28 UTC (02:20:28 local time) in Brazil, Team Malizia glided across the finish line off Ocean Live Park in Itajaí to win Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23, collecting five points in the…

It was the last thing they needed: a quick, deepening low-pressure system bringing winds in excess of 40 knots, a sickening sea state and another massive challenge for IMOCA sailors operating on the 34th day of racing in Leg 3…

Tension, exhaustion and extreme emotional swings through elation and despair. That’s likely to be the mood on board Team Holcim-PRB and Team Malizia all the way to the Leg 3 finish now on Friday 31 March. Despite racing hard for…

As the calendar ticks over to the 33rd day of competition on Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23, Team Malizia and Team Holcim-PRB are as close as ever. On the 1700 UTC tracker update on Thursday 30 March, the…