Ocean Racing
12 Seasons
Ocean and offshore racing is the ultimate yachting challenge of the elements with many various types of yachts in a shapes and sizes. Not for the faint hearted!
Offshore & Ocean Classics:
Fastnet
Sydney to Hobart
Mini Transat
Volvo Ocean Race
Vendée Globe
Clipper Round The World Race
The governing body for many of the top races is the Royal Ocean Race Club.
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Vendée Globe 2025 - Dalin Hits The Front
Episode 1
Charlie Dalin creeps into the lead by 63nm ahead of Yoann Richomme just below the Equator. But you can never say never until you cross the finishing line… Footage ©Vendée Globe
Video Producer: VR Sport Media
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Vendée Globe 2025 - Under 1500nm to go for Dalin
Episode 2
It is just 1,500nm to go for Dalin but it's not over until you cross the line…Richomme is only 190nm behind in second place - a race definitely to the finish!! Footage ©Vendée Globe
Video Producer: VR Sport Media
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Vendée Globe 2025 - Dalin Smashes Record
Episode 3
Dalin smashes the Vendée Globe record! More to follow... Footage ©Vendée Globe
Video Producer: VR Sport Media
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Vendée Globe 2025 - Dalin and Richomme return to a huge welcome
Episode 4
Dalin and Richomme both smash the Vendée Globe record arriving safely home with a heroes' welcome and well deserved! Footage ©Vendée Globe
Video Producer: VR Sport Media
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Vendée Globe 2024 - Around The World in 80 Days (or less)
Episode 5
Around the world in 80 days from some but for some of the intrepid sailors it was much less. Thirteen have finished and plenty more to come in the next few days. Footage ©Vendée Globe
Video Producer: VR Sport Media
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10:07Episode 6
2025 RORC Transatlantic Race - Wrap Up
Episode 6
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, in association with the International Maxi Association and Yacht Club de France, the 11th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race started in superb conditions outside Calero Marinas Marina Lanzarote on Sunday 12th January, 2025. The 3,000 mile race to Camp...
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03:44Episode 7
RORC Caribbean 600 Race 2025
Episode 7
The Royal Ocean Racing Club announced that Volvo 70 Tschüss 2 (USA), owned by Christian Zugel and co-skippered by Johnny Mordaunt, as the overall winner of the 2025 RORC Caribbean 600. Tschüss 2 completed the race in an elapsed time of 01 Day 21 Hrs 31 Mins and 15 Secs. While nearly half of the b...
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Gitana Team - A date with history - Episode 1
Episode 8
In a new first in the history of offshore racing, a solo round the world race reserved for ULTIMs set sail from Brest: the Arkea Ultim Challenge! A radical departure from the norm and the most demanding, full-on, solo sailing adventure imaginable. Six pioneers took to the start, five of them at t...
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Gitana Team - Duelling down the Atlantic Ocean - Episode 2
Episode 9
Second episode of Season 3 retraces the first quarter of the Arkea Ultim Challenge. During these first days of racing, Charles Caudrelier could have seen his dreams of a solo round the world come to an abrupt halt due to material damage. However, using the utmost discretion so as not to alert his...
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Gitana Team - Part of a chain reaction - Episode 3
Episode 10
This third episode explores behind the scenes of the work of Erwan Israël, Benjamin Schwartz and Julien Villion; a trio who are as integral to daily performance as they are to the end result. Throughout Charles’ fifty days out on the racetrack, these experts in weather analysis work out of a hous...
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22:39Episode 11
Gitana Team - Guardian angels - Episode 4
Episode 11
It's a team effort both on and off the water. Whilst the solo sailor plays their part at sea, back on shore the members of the shore crew, who are in constant contact with the sailor, keep a careful look out, ready to intervene at any moment, albeit remotely, to help them resolve an issue or hop ...
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Gitana Team - Trailblazers Forever! - Episode 5
Episode 12
We relive the story of the final few miles leading to Brest and the precious moments of this victorious arrival after such an epic voyage around the world, punctuated by an emotional Charles Caudrelier surrounded by his nearest and dearest, combined with the beaming smiles of the members of Gitan...
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BVI Spring Regatta 2025 - Round Tortola Race
Episode 13
"It's Bloody Windy!" A fast one for those racing in the Round Tortola Race for the Nanny Cay Cup event as breeze in the low 20s, hitting the high 20s during several big squalls that blasted through the course, kept sailors on their toes and weight on the rails. Lots of race-weary but satisfied fa...
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BVI Spring Regatta 2025 - Scrub Island Invitational
Episode 14
The second day of the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival saw 43 boats race the 11NM course from Nanny Cay to Marina Cay for the Scrub Island Invitational. It was a wild and windy day, with gusts hitting 30+ knots in a particularly dark squall that hit the racecourse, washing off the salty wate...
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BVI Spring Regatta 2025 - Mount Gay Rum Race Day
Episode 15
"We are in the Garden of Eden of Sailing - the BVI!" Stunning conditions greeted sailors on Day 2 of the BVI Spring Regatta, with bright sunshine, warm Caribbean waters, and 25 knots of breeze delivering champagne sailing across three race courses. With the Sir Francis Drake Channel turning on th...
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03:02Episode 16
BVI Spring Regatta 2025 - Race Day Two
Episode 16
"We're Frigging Ripping!" Fast, fresh conditions under Caribbean blue skies, easing off just enough for teams to transition from survival mode to full-tilt racing. Warthog extended its lead in CSA 1, while Team McFly dominated CSA 2 with two more bullets. In Performance Cruising A, Kinship edged ...
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03:06Episode 17
BVI Spring Regatta 2025 - Final Race Day
Episode 17
"I'm Loving This Regatta!" Wrapping up Day 3 of the 52nd BVI Spring Regatta, following several days of relentless high winds, competitors will importantly remember the Final Day of racing for a long time: a picture-perfect Caribbean racing day with temperatures in the mid 80s and warm trades blow...
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Antigua Sailing Week 2025 - English Harbour Rum Race Day 1
Episode 18
The opening day of the main Antigua Sailing Week series served up glorious sailing conditions for nine classes racing in 12-16 knot tradewinds. A 40-mile course to Barbuda gave the biggest boats including, Pyewacket 70, the VO65s I Love Poland and Sisi, plus Adrian Lee’s HH66 catamaran Lee Overla...
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01:51Episode 19
Peters & May Round Antigua Race 2025
Episode 19
Two very different yachts proved to be almost perfectly matched with challenging and memorable edition of this classic 50-mile course. Sailing with an all-star crew, Roy Disney’s turbocharged Volvo 70 Pyewacket took a narrow early lead along Antigua’s south-eastern coast. Nevertheless, it was not...
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Gitana Team - G18 NDA Conception - Episode 1
Episode 20
In December 2023, Ariane de Rothschild officially announced the start of construction for a new oceanic maxi-trimaran designed to venture ever further along the path towards offshore flight initiated by her predecessor, Gitana 17, the 1st large multihull conceived and tweaked to fulfil this brief...
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Admiral's Cup 2025 - Channel Race Highlights
Episode 21
The Admiral’s Cup Channel Race gets underway in light airs and goes on to face a building breeze, a tactical night crossing the English Channel with the additional challenge of the rain, a building breeze and a fast sail to the finish.
Video Producer: Royal Ocean Racing Club
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05:33Episode 22
The Admiral's Cup 2025 - Preview
Episode 22
Twenty two years since its last edition, the Admiral’s Cup returns. Thirty boats. Fifteen teams. One of the most iconic trophies in offshore sailing. This is a new chapter in a legendary story — blending heritage, rivalry, and the world’s most campaigned yachts.
Video Producer: Royal Ocean Raci...
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03:04Episode 23
Meet the Australian 2025 Admiral's Cup Team
Episode 23
Meet the Australian Admiral's Cup Team representing the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia - Gordon Ketelbey's TP52 Zen and Sean Langman's GP42 Back 2 Black. The Admiral’s Cup 2025 promises to be a thrilling competition, bringing together the best offshore sailors and yachts from around the world. ...
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03:45Episode 24
The Admiral's Cup Day 1 Inshore
Episode 24
The 2025 Admiral’s Cup inshore series roared into life with a dramatic double-header in the Solent. Under a shifty breeze ranging from 16 to 22 knots, the fleet delivered two high-intensity races—one short and tactical, the other a demanding round-the-cans challenge finishing off the Royal Yacht ...