Early on Wenesday 22 March, Ian Herbert Jones called Golden Globe Race 2022 to advise condition were tough, hand steering under bare poles.
Offshore
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.
Team Holcim-PRB lead at leg 3 Scoring Gate after record-breaking run
Skipper Kevin Escoffier and his crew mates on Team Holcim-PRB led the IMOCA fleet through the leg 3 scoring gate at 17:45:38 UTC Sunday 12 March.
The Ocean Race – 11th Hour Racing Team discover cracks in both rudders
All four teams are sailing deep into the Roaring 40s. The leader, Team Holcim-PRB, has made a dive to become the boat furthest to the south.
The Ocean Race – 11th Hour Racing Team smash Alex Thompson Hugo Boss record
The Ocean Race – 11th Hour Racing Team posted a 544.63 nautical mile run over the 24 hours ending in a period ending just after midnight Saturday night.
The Ocean Race – And the fickle finger of fate
In the Ocean Race Team Malizia quickly recovered their wrecked headsail but discovered a 26cm long hole in the face at the top of the carbon fibre mast
The Ocean Race – Team Malizia lose sail overboard
Team Malizia have suffered a failure on the locking mechanism for its headsail which resulted in the sail going overboard.
The Ocean Race – GUYOT returning to Cape Town with hull failure
GUYOT environnement – Team Europe has stopped racing and is returning to Cape Town with hull failure.
The Ocean Race – Biotherm and 11th Hour Racing damaged in Wild start to Leg 3
After an extraordinary ‘stop-go’ type of start to Leg 3 of The Ocean Race in Table Bay, Biotherm and 11th Hour Racing Team suffered damage requiring stopping while repairs were carried out
Team Holcim – PRB sweep Cape Town In-Port Race
Kevin Escoffier’s Team Holcim – PRB (SUI) led the Cape Town In-Port Race from start to finish in Cape Town.
RORC Caribbean 600 – Pyewacket 70 declared overall winner
By dawn on day four of the RORC Caribbean 600, 29 teams had finished the race with nearly all of them crossing the finish line in a hectic overnight period.
