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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 ...
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.
Race Class Boat Name (Co-)Skipper Configuration, Time, Notes Ref Round the World Races; 1 2023: The Ocean Race: IMOCA 60: 11th Hour Racing - MÄlama 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 ...
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. [15] As Jean le Cam was able to start this race, Sharp lost the chance of qualifying through the new-boat rule. He did not qualify.
[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]
Philippe Jeantot, Vendée Globe founder, had problems with breakdowns, and then unfavorable winds, which held him back from the race lead. [2] Philippe Poupon 's ketch Fleury Michon X capsized in the Southern Ocean ; and Poupon was rescued by Loïck Peyron , who finally finished second, in what was generally a successful first run of the race ...
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.
Location of Pensacola Bay (top left) in the state of Florida. Pensacola Bay is a bay located in the northwestern part of Florida, United States, known as the Florida Panhandle. The bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, is located in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County, adjacent to the city of Pensacola, Florida, and is about 13 miles (21 km ...