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The five VO65s and three IMOCA boats racing to The Ocean Race Grand Finale in Genoa are battling light and challenging conditions as they work to exit the English Channel and begin the next phase of the race, in more…

All five VO65s left The Hague in full racing trim on Thursday afternoon (15 June), heading into Stage 3 of the VO65 Sprint Cup. Unfortunately, the same couldn’t be said for the IMOCA fleet, where a dramatic collision has left…

Just 17 minutes into the start of the final leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23 on Thursday evening (15 June) and during the short, inshore race course, 11th Hour Racing Team’s 60-foot race boat was hit by competitor Guyot environnement…

Meanwhile, sailors in both fleets in The Ocean Race 2022-23 are preparing for a challenging Leg 7 towards the Grand Finale in Genoa, Italy. For the IMOCA fleet that has raced around the world, this ultimate leg of the race…

The local heroes on the Dutch-flagged Team JAJO made a statement of intent right from the start of the VO65 In-Port Race in The Hague on Wednesday afternoon (14 June) by crossing ahead of the entire fleet on port tack…

The Hague served up some of the best racing conditions the IMOCA fleet has seen in this edition of The Ocean Race on Tuesday afternoon (13 June) as bright sunshine and strong winds approaching 20 knots made for fast and…

The result was in doubt until the final moments of Leg 6 of The Ocean Race 2022-23, with 11th Hour Racing Team along with Team Holcim-PRB and Team Malizia racing within shouting distance of each other during most of Sunday…

The flying, foiling IMOCA fleet racing in The Ocean Race and the one-designs competing in the VO65 Sprint both left Aarhus on Thursday (8 June), their race starts separated by two hours. And while the IMOCAs turned south to race…

County Kerry Round the World racer Damian Foxall says “more needs to be done” to ensure a safe environment for all in global sailing. The comments from 11th Hour Ocean Racing’s sustainability manager come after the sudden departure of Team…

The last time The Ocean Race was in Kiel was on 9 June 2002 and the German team Illbruck Challenge was being celebrated for winning the Volvo Ocean Race. In the crowd was a young German sailor beginning his career…

The Ocean Race returned to full strength in Aarhus, Denmark on Thursday (8 June) as the VO65 fleet rejoined the race for the European legs. On a beautiful afternoon with sunny skies, warm temperatures and light sea breeze, racing started…

At 800 nautical miles, Leg 6 may be the shortest of The Ocean Race 2022-23 but it is also one of the most complex. From the start in Aarhus. the fleet will head south for a fly-by in Kiel before…

The sun was shining on Sunday (4 June), as it has been throughout the entire Aarhus stopover, and that meant a building sea breeze would be the order of the day for the In-Port Racing programme. This marked the return…

Preliminary results from the initial legs of the current edition of The Ocean Race show microplastics in each one of the 40 samples analysed so far, with as many as 1,884 microplastic particles per cubic metre of water in some…

Conditions in Aarhus have been incredible so far during The Ocean Race stopover and the sunny skies are forecast to continue into Sunday’s In-Port Race (4 June). Crowds have been enjoying the warmth and the city of smiles has been…

GUYOT environnement - Team Europe has announced its intention to continue in The Ocean Race 2022-23 as it fights for a comeback in Leg 6 out of Aarhus next week. The boat is currently in the Kiel shipyard Knierim, where…