On Monday, La Poste was still at sea. The Ocean Race will come to Auckland, New Zealand, during the 2021-22 edition The Ocean Race announces its return to Auckland, the spiritual home of the iconic round the world race The Ocean Race will come to Auckland, New Zealand, during the 2021-22 edition of the fully-crewed, round the world race. It was run with several classes (for size of boat). A total of 324 sailors took part. Tracy Edwards on What It Took to Race Around the World The new documentary Maiden tells the story of the first all-female sailing team to finish the Whitbread Round the World Race… The start gun was fired by Sir Alec Rose, who, five years earlier (1967-68) had sailed round the world singlehanded, stopping only twice. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion All but one of the 22 boats in the fifth Whitbread Round the World Race arrived at this stopover port by Saturday. The Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) is a yacht race around the world, held every three years. Devant le phénoménal succès de la Golden Globe Race version contemporaine du Golden Globe, Don McIntyre se lance en effet dans l’organisation d’une nouvelle course “revival”. In a world now dominated by professional sailors, foiling yachts and eye-watering budgets. The 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race was run from Southampton to Southampton in 1989–90. The story of Tracy Edwards and the Maiden crew that competed in the round-the-world Whitbread race is the subject of a new documentary, which has inspired her daughter to … The Ocean Race is the world's premier offshore race, an exceptional test of sailing prowess and human endeavour, which started over 37 years ago as the Whitbread Round the World Race. The spirit of the Whitbread Round the World Race is back with the announcement of the 2023 OCEAN GLOBE RACE, a retro event starting from a European port on September 10th 2023 celebrating the 50th anniversary of this major milestone in adventure sailing. Iconic yacht Maiden won two legs of the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1990 and came second overall – the best result for a British boat since 1977 and a record that has never been beaten. As the race course is revealed, we will have more information on our new host cities and stopover ports. Maiden won two legs and came second overall in her class. On Monday, La Poste was still at sea. Before she starts her world tour, Maiden will be first unveiled at Cowes Week 2018 and then will joining in the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race . The first Whitbread Round the World Race started on 8 September 1973. All but one of the 22 boats in the fifth Whitbread Round the World Race arrived at this stopover port by Saturday. As recently as the late 1980s, the idea of an all-female sailing team in the Whitbread Round the World Race (the predecessor to the Volvo Ocean Race) seemed laughable to … 18 yachts started and two more joined individual legs. Simon Le Bon and Paul and Michael Berrow competed in the 1985-1986 race with their yacht Drum. The race will start from Alicante, Spain in the autumn of 2021 and finish in Europe in early summer of 2022. Pleomax a former Volvo Ocean Racer (VOR 60) crossing the North Sea from UK to The Netherlands 2008 En 2023, la Whitbread Round the World Race de son nom original va renaitre sous l’impulsion de Don McIntyre (organisateur de la Golden Globe Race).. Elle s’appellera l’Ocean Globe Race ! The race course of the 2021-22 edition of The Ocean Race will be determined in 2019. In a world now dominated by professional sailors, foiling yachts and eye-watering […]