Photo Credit: Maud Helfgott / polaRYSE / 11th Hour RacingAs Canada Ocean Racing – Be Water Positive heads into the next leg of The Ocean Race Europe, a “spicy” sprint from Cartagena to Nice, skipper Scott Shawyer is shifting gears.
Team Holcim-PRB will be given redress points for Leg 1..
Holcim PRB and Paprec Arkéa complete the Leg 2 podium
Paprec Arkéa’s lead melts away as Biotherm accelerate inshore and the pack closes in towards the finish of Leg 2
The Matosinhos-Porto Fly By barely lasted long enough for sailors to catch their breath. Within three hours of docking, the IMOCA fleet was back at sea and hammering south in the kind of conditions every offshore skipper dreams of.
Paul Meilhat’s streak continues, while the fleet pushes hard behind. Just three hours to regroup in Porto before the leg resumes toward Cartagena.
Crews face sleepless hours ahead as Porto’s mid-leg scoring gate fast approaches…
The second leg of The Ocean Race Europe delivered a night of extremes, as the seven teams tore out of Portsmouth in strong downwind conditions, only to be brought to a standstill by a windless patch off Ushant.
The second leg of The Ocean Race Europe 2025 kicked off this evening in Portsmouth in bright sunshine, with seven IMOCAs lining up off Cowes at 17:00 local time. From here the fleet will race 1,400 nautical miles to Cartagena, Spain, with a brief fly-by stopover in Matosinhos-Porto midweek.
At Friday’s Pro Am race in Portsmouth, we were honoured to welcome Jazz Turner – the first disabled sailor to complete a solo, unassisted circumnavigation of the UK and Ireland.
At times, the spray was flying, the pace relentless, and at other times, the water was glassy and the air was breathless.
After four intense days of repairs, doubts, and relentless teamwork, Ambrogio Beccaria’s IMOCA Allagrande Mapei is ready to head to Portsmouth for the start of the second leg of The Ocean Race Europe.
Biotherm raced into Portsmouth this morning with maximum points and a commanding early lead, while Malizia’s daring inshore gamble at Dover stole second place.
Leg 1 of The Ocean Race Europe 2025 is set for “carnage” in its closing act, with crews facing a sleepless night of repeated manoeuvres as they beat upwind to the finish.
This is the news we’ve been waiting to share! PredictWind is the new provider of tracking data for the next Ocean Race, kicking off with The Ocean Race Europe!
Kiwi offshore sailor and 2-time Vendée Globe racer Conrad Colman announces his new team, Aotearoa Ocean Racing, to take on The Ocean Race. Actually, he announced it at Kohimarama Yacht Club on Sunday 23rd March at the PredictWind Girls Regatta!
Auckland is back in the game! The Ocean Race, one of the world’s most grueling and legendary offshore sailing challenges, is making a triumphant return to the City of Sails in 2027. If you’re a Kiwi sailor, a fan of high-performance yachting, or just someone who loves a good yachting adventure, this is massive news.
Known internationally as the “City of Sails” Auckland will welcome the race back to its shores in March 2027, marking a celebrated homecoming for an event deeply embedded in the city’s maritime heritage.
The Ocean Race Europe, the premiere fully-crewed, offshore sailing race for the foiling IMOCA Class, will visit the Mediterranean coast of France for the first time this summer
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