Offshore

Ocean Globe Race to start and finish at Southampton

Ocean Village Southampton, home of several Whitbread races, is now home to the Ocean Globe Race! Credit: Ocean Village Southampton.

The Ocean Race – Biotherm hits unidentified floating object

Biotherm has collided with an ‘unidentified floating object’ damaging the port foil as they head north to the finish in Itajaí, Brazil.

The Ocean Race have ETA in Itajaí of Sunday 2 April 2023

As the fleet heads north, the Ocean Live Park in Itajaí opened to the public on Wednesday evening ready to welcome the them with an ETA of Sunday 2 March 2023.

Rolex Fastnet Race and the rise of doublehanding

Offshore yacht racing’s greatest evolution recently has been the rise of doublehanding. No better demonstration of this is the RORC 50th Rolex Fastnet Race

The Ocean Race – Team Malizia lead fleet around Cape Horn

The German team Team Malizia rule the south, leading past the iconic Cape Horn and winning the Roaring Forties trophy.

2023 Ocean Race - Malizia, Rosalin Kuiper head Injury

The Ocean Race – Rosalin Kuiper suffers head injury in boat wipe out

Team Malizia’s Rosalin Kuiper suffered a head injury as they approached Cape Horn.

The Ocean Race – Final weekend in the South

It’s the final weekend in southern latitudes for the sailors in The Ocean Race with winds a steady gale force 35 knots (65 km/h) and gusting to 45 knots (85 km/h).

Alex Thomson buys Team Banque Populaire IMOCA 60

5 West Ltd, represented by Alex Thomson, has reached an agreement to purchase the IMOCA 60 owned by Team Banque Populaire.

Golden Globe Race – Hand steering under bare poles

Early on Wenesday 22 March, Ian Herbert Jones called Golden Globe Race 2022 to advise condition were tough, hand steering under bare poles.

The Ocean Race restart – On your marks, get set . . .

Incredibly, Sunday morning UTC the four IMOCAs are lined up alongside each other in a slow drag race to the east.

The Ocean Race – Keeping the heat on along the the ice limit

With Cape Horn still nearly two weeks away the IMOCA teams are now consolidating their positions and working through job lists to keep the boats in racing condition.