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The Barcelona World Race, a non-stop two handed race, currently run using the IMOCA 60 Class. Route du Rhum; The Velux 5 Oceans Race, a stopping solo race, currently run using the IMOCA 60 Class previously known as the BOC Challenge, later as Around Alone. The Ocean Race, a stopping fully crewed race, currently using the Volvo Ocean 65 and ...
An exemption for this case in the rules allowed him to fulfil the requirement of taking part in a solo race in 2022 or 2023. [10] Phil Sharp (GBR) was not able to meet the requirement of taking part in a solo race in 2022 or 2023 due to damage taken to is new boat Oceanslab during the transfer to the start of the 2023 Retour à la Base. [10]
The first edition of the transat brings together fourteen skippers, of which it is the last major confrontation before the start of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe. [1] A fifteenth competitor, Finn Ari Huusela, could not make the start following the damage of Finnair on 13 May 2016 by Richard Tolkien, who was on board for The Transat.
The Race, was a race held in 2000, involving multihulls. The Oryx Quest, held in 2005, starting from Qatar. The Velux 5 Oceans Race, a stopping solo race, currently run using the IMOCA 60 Class previously known as the BOC Challenge, later as Around Alone. The Barcelona World Race, a non-stop two handed race, currently run using the IMOCA 60 Class.
Alongside the race for the fourth time a web based online routing game mirroring the race ran by Virtual Regatta this was the largest ever online sailing game with 1,000,000 unique users. It was won by French sailor Jean-Claude Goudon, whose user name was “tigrou26120,” finished in a time of 68 days, 22 hours, 16 minutes and 4 seconds.
[citation needed] The rest of the fleet raced to the Southern Ocean, where a second attrition began: Yves Parlier and Isabelle Autissier broke rudders, [citation needed] leaving Christophe Auguin to lead the way into the south. The race was won by Christophe Auguin. [1] Catherine Chabaud, sixth and last, was the first woman to finish the race. [2]
During one race, this video-blog had over 40 million views. [7] The presenter was the pro sailor Sébastien Destremeau. [8] The 2020-2021 Vendee Globe was by far the largest ever online sailing game with over 1,000,000 unique users and is believed to be the first online game of any type breaking a million users in a single race. It was won by ...
The Velux 5 Oceans Race was a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed in stages, managed by Clipper Ventures since 2000. Its most recent name comes from its main sponsor Velux. Originally known as the BOC Challenge, for the title sponsor BOC, the first edition was in 1982. In the late 1990s the race was renamed the Around Alone. The ...