Amélie Grassi: "Paving the way and exploring this new concept is always exceptional"
Amélie Grassi, a member of the Biotherm crew, tells us about the start of the race from on board.
•••Amélie Grassi, a member of the Biotherm crew, tells us about the start of the race from on board.
•••Not many people saw this coming, but the oldest and heaviest boat in the fleet – Guyot environnement-Team Europe – has emerged from the worst of the Doldrums with a useful lead.
•••Tensions run high as wind and boat speeds hit new lows with the IMOCA fleet crossing an unusually large doldrums.
•••In this second episode, fly to Mindelo, on the Cape Verde archipelago. Join the teams in their debriefing after an intense Leg 1, share the daily life of the sailors, the only ones allowed to touch the boat on this stopo…
•••The buzz in Lorient right now is about the brand new Paprec Arkéa IMOCA, which has arrived at La Base in Lorient ahead of its launch on February 22nd, the first boat in the Class for Yoann Richomme, one of France’s top s…
•••It's a game of inches as the fleet works southwest towards the equator
•••Watch Samantha Davies' comments on the start live from Mindelo on Eurosport today.
•••The Ocean Race, a crewed round the world race, has seven stopovers in all, over six months. A race start in Alicante last Sunday followed by seven stopovers and hence eight episodes filming behind the scenes of each IMOC…
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