Interviews with many of the sailors who will be traversing around Europe with possibly Beethoven ringing in their ears.. The ocean one-design VO65 and foiling IMOCA 60 yachts are capable of 24-distance runs over 600nm in the right conditions out in the open ocean. During The Ocean Race Europe the crews are likely to experience changeable conditions as they first negotiate Europe’s Atlantic coast, before entering the enclosed waters of the Mediterranean. © The Ocean Race 1973 SL
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The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - Start
The inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe got underway with the race’s fleet of 12 high-performance ocean-going yachts setting off from Lorient, France on the opening leg to Cascais in Portugal. This new three-stage European race has been created to showcase professional fully-crewed offshor...
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The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - Leg 3 Da...
Since leaving Alicante both classes have made stop/start progress due to patchy winds and large glassy areas of total flat calm littering the route to Genova. There's some benefits like Corum being serenaded by a trio of whales. The VO65 class has made the best collective progress so far, having ...
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Gitana Team vs The Lorient Kitefoilers
In mid-July, to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the launch of the ocean-going Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, the 32-metre flying maxi-trimaran and flagship of Gitana Team, the five-arrow team took on the top-flight clash offshore of Lorient with the cooperation of the kitefoilers from the Lorient...
