Category: The Ocean Race

11th Hour Racing Team has finished Leg 6 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 in first place, arriving into The Hague, The Netherlands at 12:26:52 local time [10:26 UTC] after 2 days 18 hours 11 minutes, and 52 seconds at sea. This is the third leg win in a row for the team, having bagged consecutive … Continue reading 11TH HOUR RACING TEAM FINISHES IN FIRST PLACE AFTER NAIL-BITING FINISH TO LEG 6

He might not be able to sail this leg due to his shoulder injury but that’s not stopping Amory Ross from writing his race updates… 📅 SATURDAY JUNE 10, 2023 🕒 1130 UTC 💨 SPEED: 22.3 KNOTS 🥇 POSITION: 1st 📏 DISTANCE TO FINISH: 313.5 NM The team is successfully around the top of Denmark … Continue reading LEG 6 UPDATE WITH AMORY ROSS

11th Hour Racing Team has set off on the penultimate leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23, bound for The Hague, The Netherlands. Leg 6 of seven in this round-the-world race, is a challenging and complex coastal passage to the Dutch city via a no-stop ‘fly-by’ past the German port of Kiel. The 800 nautical mile … Continue reading 11TH HOUR RACING TEAM SETS OFF ON PENULTIMATE LEG OF THE OCEAN RACE 2022-23

INTRODUCING LEG 6 🗺️ AARHUS, DENMARk ➡️ The hague, The netherlands (Fly by in kiel) 🏁 START june 8, 2023 ⌛️ ETA june 11, 2023 📏 DISTANCE: 800 nautical miles (921 miles/1,482 kilometers) Leg 6 – the penultimate stage of The Ocean Race 2022-23 – is an estimated three-day 800-nautical mile (921-mile/1,482-kilometre) coastal passage from … Continue reading LEG 6 PREVIEW: FROM DENMARK TO THE NETHERLANDS

11th Hour Racing Team has finished in third place in the Aarhus In-Port Race, extending its lead on the In-Port Race leaderboard by 2 points over rivals Team Malizia. A square course was set for the four 60-foot IMOCAs, and with a building sea breeze, the conditions were stable, settling at around 10 knots (18.5kmph/11.5kmph). … Continue reading 11TH HOUR RACING TEAM COMPLETES PODIUM IN AARHUS IN-PORT RACE

At 0256 UTC (0456 local), 11th Hour Racing Team crossed the finish line of Leg 5 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 in Aarhus, Denmark, closing out the critically important double-pointer leg in first place, bagging the full ten points. After sailing for 7 days 8 hours 41 minutes, and 49 seconds and with back-to-back leg … Continue reading 11TH HOUR RACING TEAM WINS CRITICAL DOUBLE-POINTER TRANSATLANTIC SPRINT

Further exclusion zones, risk of compression and a whole lot of pressure – in both senses of the word. Leg 5 is coming to a close and racing is too tight to call as the top three boats battle it out, hungry for the win. We’re now into the final few hours of Leg 5, … Continue reading “THIS LEG ISN’T OVER UNTIL IT’S OVER”

At 1541 UTC on Thursday, May 25, while racing in Leg 5 of The Ocean Race, 11th Hour Racing Team activated its Hazard Button to alert Race Control and the wider fleet they had hit something, suspected to be a marine mammal or megafauna.  The Team was in the mid-North Atlantic Ocean at 52°N, 35°W … Continue reading INCIDENT ONBOARD 11TH HOUR RACING TEAM