Photo Credit: Maud Helfgott / polaRYSE / 11th Hour RacingThe Race Committee of The Ocean Race received a request to replace foils for Leg 3 from 11th Hour Racing Team at 0900 UTC on 16th February.
What a race Leg 2 turned out to be! Niall Myant-Best is back after the action to reflect on his top 5 lessons to learn from an incredible two and a half weeks of sailing.
11th Hour Racing Team has finished Leg 2 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 in third place. The only US entry in the five-boat IMOCA fleet completed the 6,514.01 nautical mile [7,565 mile or 12,175 kilometer] course from Mindelo, Cabo Verde, to Cape Town South Africa, in 17 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes, and 40 seconds.
Kevin Escoffier and Team Holcim PRB win into Cape Town, with Biotherm and 11th Hour Racing Team fighting for second place
The ETA is Sunday near noon local time – for the top four boats – as a light wind battle rages on the final approach
For nearly 4700 nautical miles, the five IMOCA teams competing in leg 2 of The Ocean Race have been dueling south from Cabo Verde towards a finish line just off the V+A Waterfront of Cape Town.
The fleet is heading north again, away from the ice exclusion zone, and pointing at the finish in Cape Town
It’s been a productive and fast 24 hours for the IMOCA fleet in The Ocean Race as the teams are diving south towards an ice exclusion zone and into the Roaring 40s, named for the area south of 40-degrees latitude where low pressure systems circle the continent of Antarctica unimpeded by land masses.
Written updates sent in from Amory Ross, media man on board current race leader 11th Hour Racing Team and Robert Stanjek, skipper on GUYOT environnement – Team Europe.
The leaders are pushing hard to make miles towards Cape Town, but they are sailing towards a black hole of light winds that may yet have a final say…
It’s been a long, exhausting but also thrilling second leg of The Ocean Race and the pattern is not going to change in the final stages, with the five IMOCA crews bracing themselves for one last push to Cape Town.
The rankings have flipped over the weekend with 11th Hour Racing Team jumping into the lead…
Every boat in the fleet has gybed to the east, making miles towards Cape Town…
Compression and a move to the south from the western contingent leaves GUYOT environnement looking for answers…
Three key moments to look out for as The Ocean Race fleet charges to Cape Town and how to ensure you’re not fooled by the tracker.
Credit to GUYOT environnement – Team Europe who have regained the lead on the race tracker as well as their position as the most southerly boat in the fleet. In a race south, that’s a good thing…. or is it?
One day can make a big difference in The Ocean Race. In fact, just a few hours can turn what had been a winning hand into something doubtful.
Five IMOCAs are charging south in the tradewinds
The fleet is escaping the clutches of the doldrums and picking up speed in the southern hemisphere
Tensions run high as wind and boat speeds hit new lows with the IMOCA fleet crossing an unusually large doldrums
The Ocean Race takes on a slow burn with the IMOCA fleet inching southwest towards the doldrums
At 34, Francesca Clapcich is taking part in her second race around the world. A trimmer aboard the Imoca 11th Hour in The Ocean Race , the Italian will take part in most of the legs of this round the world race. Wide smile and deep voice, Francesca joined the team more than a year ago to prepare for this project with the Americans.
After being buffeted by strong trade winds for the duration of the short stopover, the waters off Mindelo, Cabo Verde were relatively calm on Wednesday for the start of Leg 2 of The Ocean Race.
INEOS Britannia broke out their new, smaller mainsail – the one that they first displayed last week on a sail-fit just outside the harbour – for a demonstration of high-speed data gathering aboard the ‘Silver Bullet’ T6 in gusty, blustery conditions that deteriorated through the afternoon.
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