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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…

Skipper Charlie Enright’s smile was as bright as the early morning sun in Aarhus, Denmark on Monday (29 May) as he led his 11th Hour Racing Team to a first-place finish in Leg 5 of The Ocean Race 2022-23. The…

Change may be coming to The Ocean Race. Since the opening leg from Alicante to Cabo Verde, skipper Kevin Escoffier and his rotating cast of characters on Team Holcim-PRB have been firmly positioned at the top of the IMOCAs’ overall…

Records are being set and then broken again on Leg 5 of The Ocean Race 2022-23. First it was 11th Hour Racing Team, powering to a new standard only to be eclipsed a short time later by Team Holcim-PRB, who…

The last time we saw the VO65 fleet in The Ocean Race was in January and the teams had just completed the opening stage of the VO65 Sprint, from Alicante in Spain to Cabo Verde. The Polish-flagged WindWhisper Racing Team…

Skipper Kevin Escoffier and his Team Holcim-PRB have shattered the existing 24-hour distance records in the monohull class. First to fall was The Ocean Race 24-Hour Speed Record Challenge sponsored by Ulysse Nardin, previously set at 602 nautical miles by…

At 1541 UTC on Thursday, May 25, while racing in Leg 5 of The Ocean Race, 11th Hour Racing Team activated its Hazard Button to alert Race Control and the wider fleet they had hit something, suspected to be a…

It’s going to be an interesting 24 hours in Leg 5 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 as the leading trio find themselves in strong downwind reaching conditions and ‘relatively’ flat water — a combination that could produce a new 24-hour…

It’s been a bumpy ride for the past two days of The Ocean Race as winds in the 25-30 knot range interact with the currents of the Gulf Stream to make an uncomfortable and unpredictable sea state. Despite that, the…

Newport, Rhode Island earned its title as one of the great homes of sailing on Sunday, providing beautiful conditions for the start of leg 5 of The Ocean Race. The sunshine returned with light southwesterly winds and the crowds were…

As the fifth leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23 approaches, Team Holcim-PRB skipper Kevin Escoffier and his crew have a total of 19 points — with a one-point lead over Leg 4 winner 11th Hour Racing Team and second-placed Malizia,…

Skipper Paul Meilhat and his Biotherm team had a long wait to get to the Leg 4 finish on Thursday morning (11 May) in Newport, Rhode Island. With an initial ETA of 0530 local time, the light overnight winds nearly…

11th Hour Racing Team won Leg 4 of The Ocean Race 2022-23, leading the fleet into their hometown of Newport, Rhode Island on a spectacular spring afternoon in New England on Wednesday (10 May). Skipper Charlie Enright was beaming as…

Wednesday (10 May) dawned with a beautiful morning in Newport, Rhode Island. It’s a cool, crisp, spring day with bright sunshine and clear blue skies. Unfortunately for the IMOCA trio racing towards The Ocean Race’s Leg 4 finish line off…

The GUYOT environnement - Team Europe crew are safe and working on a jury rig after dismasting in a fierce North Atlantic storm overnight on the closing stages of Leg 4 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 from Itajaí, Brazil to…

As the leading boats get within 600 miles of the Leg 4 finishing line off Newport, Rhode Island, the IMOCA crews are preparing for a brutal afternoon and evening at sea on Monday (8 May). There is a weather front…