11th Hour Racing heads to sea to resume prep for Ocean Race
Sailors Charlie Enright and Mark Towill are taking on different roles as 11th Hour Racing heads back out to sea to begin preparations for the 2022-23 Ocean Race
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Sailors Charlie Enright and Mark Towill are taking on different roles as 11th Hour Racing heads back out to sea to begin preparations for the 2022-23 Ocean Race
International ocean racing teams from around the world are assembling in Lorient, France this week ahead of the start of the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe on Saturday May 29. Designed to showcase professional fully-crewed offshore racing, this new European multi-stage race has attracted a top-tier entry of 12 teams representing nine countries. […]
24th May 2021 11th Hour Racing Team sailing in Concarneau, France in the lead-up to the start of The Ocean Race Europe Credit: Amory Ross/11th Hour Racing International ocean racing teams from around the world are assembling in Lorient, France this week ahead of the start of the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe this Saturday 29 May. Designed to showcase professional, fully-crewed offshore racing, the new European multi-stage race has attracted a top-tier entry of 12 teams representing nine countries. The race is open to two classes of high-performance ocean-going racing yachts: the...
Défi Azimut 2019 © Yvan Zedda / Défi Azimut 11th Hour Racing Team has unveiled the schedule for 2021 revealing the Team anticipates entering two boats into the 2021 IMOCA offshore sailing calendar of races, in the build-up to a one-boat entry into The Ocean Race 2022-23. COVID-19 dependent, four races are slated for 2021: The Ocean Race Europe: A four-week tour around the continent in May through mid June, with two Classes - the IMOCA 60s and VO65s. The Rolex Fastnet Race: With a start on Sunday, August 8 from the home of British yacht racing, Cowes on the Isle of Wight, around...
Vendée Globe Day 72 © Stephane Maillard / VG2020 With less than two weeks - perhaps even just ten days - until the finish of what is set to be the closest ever edition of the Vendée Globe it is still impossible to predict which three skippers will finish on the podium. "To be honest we wont really have a decent idea until the first ones get to the entrance to the Bay of Biscay at La Coruña," warned Jacques Caraës, Race Director this morning. Race veteran Jean Le Cam (Yes We Cam!), 61, in ninth place on his fifth Vendée Globe observed sagely, "I don't make forecasts...