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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 ...
Race Class Boat Name Time Notes Ref Round the World Races; TBC / 40: 2024/25: 2024-2025 Vendée Globe: IMOCA 60: Oliver Heer Ocean Racing, SUI 49 [3] Transatlantic Races; 24 / 28: 2024: Transat New York Vendée: IMOCA 60: Oliver Heer Ocean Racing, SUI 49: 15d 00h 01min 02s: DNF / 40: 2023: Transat Jacques Vabre: IMOCA 60: Oliver Heer Ocean ...
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 2008 Vendée Globe began on 9 November 2008 and was won by Michel Desjoyaux, who set a new record at 84d 3h 9' 8". [1]Race Director for this edition was Denis Horeau who heads the event management team having done the role for the 1989 and 2004 editions.
The Ocean Race: IMOCA 60: 11th Hour Racing - Mālama Charlie Enright (USA) Crewed first overall and in in-port-series Transatlantic Races; 10 2024 The Transat: IMOCA 60: Groupe Dubreuil Sébastien Simon (FRA) 9d 20h 02m 35s [5] 13 2021 Transat Jacques-Vabre: IMOCA 60: 11th Hour Racing - Mālama Charlie Enright (USA) Pascal Bidégorry (FRA)
[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]
The race set off into extremely bad weather in the Bay of Biscay, and several racers returned to the start to make repairs before setting off again (the only stopover allowed by the rules). [ citation needed ] Four days after the start, British sailor Nigel Burgess was found drowned off Cape Finisterre , having presumably fallen overboard.
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.