A fast and furious start sequence out of Cape Town
After beating upwind into the teeth of a gale on Sunday evening, things have slowed down for The Ocean Race fleet - now back up to a full complement of five racing boats - on Monday morning.
•••After beating upwind into the teeth of a gale on Sunday evening, things have slowed down for The Ocean Race fleet - now back up to a full complement of five racing boats - on Monday morning.
•••The longest stage in the 50-year history of The Ocean Race – 12,750 nautical miles from Cape Town in South Africa to Itajai in Brazil – starts today (SUN) with a big decision for navigators and skippers.
•••A monster of a leg awaits the fleet - the longest in the 50 year history of the race
•••Team Holcim PRB (SUI) led the Cape Town In-Port Race presented by V+A Waterfront from star…
•••It’s the challenge everyone has been waiting for. The longest leg in The Ocean Race histor…
•••Teams are restricted in the number of sails they can use in the Race. Making the right cho…
•••The 46-year-old British sailor Abby Ehler, who is on her fourth The Ocean Race as part of …
•••The spectacular finish of Leg 2 in The Ocean Race demonstrates that you don’t need more th…
•••Photo finish into Cape Town sees top three boats within three miles
•••The last few days in The Ocean Race have been all about speed – lots of it – and spectacul…
•••The fleet has pushed south into the Roaring 40s and close to record-breaking speed runs...
•••It’s been a long, exhausting but also thrilling second leg of The Ocean Race and the patte…
•••Ten days ago, the five teams taking part in The Ocean Race made a stopover in Mindelo, Cap…
•••There is a split in opinion that is playing out on the race course as the fleet races sout…
•••Tensions run high as wind and boat speeds hit new lows with the IMOCA fleet crossing an un…
•••The buzz in Lorient right now is about the brand new Paprec Arkéa IMOCA, which has arrived…
•••It's a game of inches as the fleet works southwest towards the equator
•••Conditions are slow, but tactically challenging
•••The five IMOCA teams in The Ocean Race face a contrasting second leg, after the brutal upw…
•••Fully-crewed racing in IMOCAs in The Ocean Race has been on the Class’s horizon for months…
•••Kevin Escoffier’s Swiss-flagged team won the opening leg with a battle behind for second p…
•••The Ocean Race, a crewed round the world race, has seven stopovers in all, over six months…
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