An exhausted but delighted Sam Davies sailed her Initiatives Coeur cross the finish line to take third place of the Transat CIC
French skipper Clarisse Crémer denies cheating in Vendée Globe
French skipper Clarisse Crémer issued a joint statement with her husband Tanguy Le Turquais, insisting that they had never cheated.
IMOCA Class – Official Statement regards illicit routing in the Vendée Globe
IMOCA Class issues statement of investigation into reported external routing in the Vendée Globe 2020-2021
Sam Goodchild wins 2023 IMOCA Globe Series championship
British skipper Sam Goodchild finished third in his first ever solo IMOCA race, the 3,500 nautical miles inaugural Retour à La Base from Martinique to Lorient
Retour à La Base – Richomme’s bold moves north are paying off
Yoann Richomme (Paprec-Arkea) is pulling out the stops as he continues to lead the Retour à La Base solo IMOCA race from Martinique to Lorient
Sam Goodchild leads Retour à La Base solo IMOCA race
Sam Goodchild leads Retour a La Base as positioning for the low pressure rides starts with record speeds on the cards
Ocean Race Kiel Fly-By attracts enormous crowds to cheer on IMOCA fleet
Friday, The Ocean Race returned to Kiel for a Friday afternoon IMOCA Fly-By. And the crowds were out in force to cheer on Boris Herrmann, now the skipper of Team Malizia. On Friday the competitive advantage went to Charlie Enright’s…
The Ocean Race – Shore crews fundamental to each team’s fortunes
The Ocean Race is a new world for IMOCA teams and not just on the water. After a 14,000-mile marathon from Cape Town, the Brazil stopover is fundamental to each team’s fortunes
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.
The Ocean Race – Leg 2 the doldrums and beyond
After hitting the speed bump of the doldrums, the five IMOCA yachts competing in The Ocean Race are now eating up the miles on the race south to Cape Town.
The Ocean Race – Started from Alicante heading to Cabo Verde
The 14th edition of The Ocean Race, the fully-crewed, around the world yacht race, started from Alicante, Spain on Sunday 15 January 2023