Ocean Racing
13 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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15:39Episode 1Vendée Globe 2020 - Day Seventy Nine
Episode 1
And then there were three! 'The Inseparables' was the name for the three Musketeers - Athos, Porthos and Aramis or in the modern era - Charlie, Louis and Boris. It's time for one of them to shut the rest down! Footage ©Vendée Globe / Nefertiti Production
Video Producer: VR Sport Media
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Gitana Team - Act 2 - Roaring Forties and Retirement
Episode 2
Maxi Edmond de Rothschild's attempt to break the Jules Verne record was brought to an abrupt end in the Indian Ocean not before they broke a few records and one day seven hours ahead of the current record Trophy holder. Their record attempt was stopped in its tracks when inspection of the starboa...
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10:02Episode 3Vendée Globe 2020 - Day Eighty
Episode 3
Ladies and Gentlemen - Final Bets Please! The gunslingers have gone all in and what cards are they holding? Ruyant and Bestaven have upped the ante by going North joined by Burton - have they got aces up their sleeves with the bigger SW breeze? Two strategies - who's holding and who's bluffing? F...
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15:30Episode 4Vendée Globe 2020 - Day Eighty One
Episode 4
It's official - Line Honours for Charlie Dalin - 80 days 6 hours, 15 minutes and 47 seconds but will it be enough to secure the Vendée Globe Trophy? What a finish tonight and tomorrow morning is turning out to be - hot favourite is now Yannick Bestaven with his 10 hour 15 minute time redress - on...
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30:32Episode 5Vendée Globe 2020 - Day Eighty Two
Episode 5
The Magnificent Seven Arrive Home (plus one). Monster programme of all the finishers. If Hollywood wrote a script for a film of 80 days of human endeavour against the elements even they wouldn't believe it! What an epic journey around the globe. As predicted yesterday, Yannick Bestaven has taken ...
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05:03Episode 6Vendée Globe 2020 - Day Eighty Three
Episode 6
The unconventional hero, Jean Le Cam, finished his fifth Vendée Globe in 4th overall after his time redress. A massive achievement when he was racing a 14 year old IMOCA 60 and he led for a day and a half, rescued Kevin Escoffier and chatted to his President. A true wandering star amongst all ski...
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30:32Episode 7Vendée Globe 2020 - Day Eighty Eight
Episode 7
Here Comes The Girls! Clarisse Cremer smashes the 21 year monohull solo non stop record for a female skipper and finishes 12th overall out of a fleet of 33 starters. She took the title in her stride and pushed the equality in the male dominated sport further into balance. Plus all of the finisher...
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10:41Episode 8Vendée Globe 2020 - Day Eighty Nine
Episode 8
13th placed, Jérémie Beyou, will be one of the most anticipated and celebrated finishes in VG history. One of the hot favourites for the overall win, he was forced to turn back 600 miles after the start due to severe damage to his rudder. He restarted 9 days later.. Plus Clarisse's celebrations c...
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10:18Episode 9Vendée Globe 2020 - Day Ninety One
Episode 9
Jérémie Beyou and Romain Attanasio are the latest skippers to finish today and the fans showed their appreciation of their endeavours over the 90 days at sea. It looks like a mighty battle mid fleet with five boats lining up to all finish next Wednesday - Kojiro Shiraishi is leading but Pip Hare ...
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19:25Episode 10Vendée Globe 2020 - Day Ninety Six
Episode 10
Rolling, rolling, rolling into the finish line for five other Vendée Globe skippers. Arnaud, Kojiro, Alan, Stephane and Pip arrive all within 24 hours of each other after a mid fleet battle royal! Footage ©Vendée Globe / Nefertiti Production
Video Producer: VR Sport Media
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13:59Episode 11Vendée Globe 2020 - Day 106
Episode 11
Most of the intrepid sailors are back ashore but let's not forget the tailenders! They have raced around the globe single handed, through every type of condition the sea could throw at them and most have survived. Costa, Giraud, Merron and Cousin have succeeded where may have failed. Footage ©Ven...
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18:49Episode 12Vendée Globe 2020 - The Final 'Finn'ish
Episode 12
33 boats, 25 finishers and they're all safely home! Congratulations to Alexia Barrier and Ari Huusela for bringing the official Vendée Globe 2020/21 to a wonderful conclusion. Also, Sam Davies and Isabelle Joschke completed their own circumnavigation of the world with a special heart to finish! F...
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10:47Episode 13Vendée Globe 2020 - Until Next Time
Episode 13
With the world experiencing lockdown, 33 skippers took to the oceans to compete in the toughest adventure offshore racing has to offer - the Vendée Globe.. VRsportTV has covered all of the action from start to finish with 80 episodes, triumph to tragedy, elation to soul searching - this race had ...
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02:30Episode 14Launch of the Actual Ultim 3
Episode 14
The Ultim Actual 3 was launched in Lorient. The monster 32m trimaran looks amazing - Yves Le Blev commented "at each launch, we say that it is the most beautiful boat we have. But this one is simple stunning…" Yves will be at the helm of this foiler alongside the Actual team very soon.
Video Pr...
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Gitana Team - Making an Ocean Maxi Trimaran Fly..
Episode 15
Launched in 2017 after more than three years of research and two years of construction, the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild is the pioneer of great trimarans designed to fly offshore. Transformed from a classic Archimedean mode, with almost 50 sqm in contact with the water, to a flying mode where the 1...
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Team Actual Leader - First flight with Actual Ultim 3!
Episode 16
Team Actual took out their new Maxi trimaran, Ultim 3, out flying over the water for the first time - yes the boat really making that noise - she's singing really!
Video Producer: Team Actual Leader
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The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - The Race and Skippers
Episode 17
The inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe starts on May 29, 2021 from Lorient, France and finishes in Genova, Italy on June 19th, with stops in Cascais, Portugal, and Alicante, Spain along the way. Twelve boats start with the ocean racing one-design VO65s and foiling IMOCA 60 just taken a br...
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04:37Episode 18Team Actual Take Ultim 3 For A Spin
Episode 18
Team Actual go for a spin in their new Maxi trimaran, Ultim 3 skippered by ocean racer legend Yves Le Blevec. Making her hum off the coast of France.
Video Producer: Team Actual
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07:00Episode 19The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - Preview
Episode 19
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...
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06:43Episode 20The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - Start
Episode 20
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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05:38Episode 21The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - Day Two
Episode 21
The 12 international teams competing in the opening leg of The Ocean Race Europe have made steady progress across the Bay of Biscay in their first 24 hours since leaving Lorient, France yesterday afternoon, bound for Cascais in Portugal. LinkedOut is currently leading the fleet and the IMOCA 60s ...
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05:12Episode 22The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - Day Three
Episode 22
Here comes the girls! Great to see so many top female sailors helming or out on the rail - Mirpuri leading the VO65s and 11th Hour and LinkedOut battling into the finish of Leg 1 with their IMOCA 60s. Freshening winds off the northwest tip of Spain have meant significantly faster sailing for the ...
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05:13Episode 23The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - Day Four
Episode 23
Racing neck and neck to the finish of Leg 1 - The Ocean Race Europe. The northerly winds strengthened as the fleet rounded the virtual Atlantic turning mark early this morning and that meant some exhilarating high-speed sailing for the crews in both the one-design VO65s and the development rule I...
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05:26Episode 24The Ocean Race Europe 2021 - Leg 1 Finish
Episode 24
What a finish! The opening leg of The Ocean Race Europe came to a nail-biting finish in Cascais with the winners in both the VO65 and IMOCA 60 classes decided only in the last few moments of the four-day passage from Lorient, France. A thrilling conclusion in the one design VO65 class saw The Aus...