July 1, 2023 - 4PM CET
Genoa In-Port race starts in
INTRODUCING LEG 5 🗺️ NEWPORT, RI, USA ➡️ AARHUS, DENMARK 🏁 START MAY 21, 2023 ⌛️ ETA MAY 30, 2023 📏 DISTANCE 3,500 nautical miles (4,028 miles/6,482 kilometers) The fifth leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23 is a week-long 3,500-nautical mile, (4,028-mile/6,482-kilometre) transatlantic sprint from Newport, Rhode Island to the Danish city of Aarhus and … Continue reading LEG 5 PREVIEW: FROM NORTH AMERICA TO DENMARK
Newport, RI, May 21, 2023 The only US entry in The Ocean Race, 11th Hour Racing Team, has left its home town of Newport, Rhode Island for the last time as it sets off from the Ocean State for Leg 5 of the 2022-23 edition of the round the world race. The team will race … Continue reading AND THEY’RE OFF! 11TH HOUR RACING TEAM LEAVES HOMETOWN NEWPORT, BOUND FOR DENMARK
As 11th Hour Racing Team gears up for race weekend here in Newport, Rhode Island, the crew reflects on the time spent in their home port, what it means to have leveled the playing field and finally, what’s at stake during Leg 5. On *that* homecoming “There might be five of us on the boat … Continue reading “EVERYONE IS DANGEROUS BUT NO ONE IS UNBEATABLE” IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Charlie Dalin (FRA), the two-time IMOCA world champion, will join the only US entry in The Ocean Race for the critical double-pointer leg from Newport, Rhode Island, to Aarhus, Denmark. The Frenchman, originally from Le Havre but now based in the epicenter of the offshore sailing world in Brittany, France, has had wins or podium … Continue reading IMOCA WORLD CHAMPION CHARLIE DALIN JOINS 11TH HOUR RACING FOR LEG 5
Protecting the ocean and all that exists in it, for the health of people and planet, has long been a passion for Damian Foxall. Having dedicated the last ten years of his career to conservation and ocean health, the Irishman has ‘walked the talk’ as he raced from Itajaí, Brazil, to the home of 11th … Continue reading FOXALL: A MAN ON A MISSION
At 18:141 UTC [14:41 local time], 11th Hour Racing Team sailed into its hometown of Newport, Rhode Island, winning Leg 4 of The Ocean Race 2022-23. The five-person crew had raced for 17 days, 2 hours, 26 minutes, and 41 seconds from Itajaí, Brazil: 5,882 nautical miles up through the Atlantic Ocean. The team beat … Continue reading IT’S A WIN!
As the crew races from Itajaí, Brazil to our home port of Newport, Rhode Island USA, we’re onboard with Amory Ross, our Media Crew Member, with live updates from the boat! Don’t forget you can track the fleet here. 📅 MONDAY May 8, 2023 🕒 1800 UTC 🌍 DISTANCE TO FINISH: 534 NM 💨 SPEED: 18.8 … Continue reading LEG 4: ONBOARD UPDATES
In brief: 11th Hour Racing Team continues to fight for the lead on Leg 4 of The Ocean Race to Newport, RI, U.S. Skipper Charlie Enright relieved to escape the Doldrums unscathed Sargassum weed is the current challenge as the team duels with Malizia in close proximity Final week into Newport is fraught with navigational … Continue reading THE BATTLE TO CONQUER THE NORTH
The early stages of Leg 4 have seen 11th Hour Racing Team battling its way past a number of exclusion zones. These zones have been a defining part of the tactics and the strategy as the boats seek to make the shortest and most efficient progress towards the finish in Newport, Rhode Island, without falling … Continue reading THE EXCLUSION ZONE CHALLENGE
Our media crew member, Amory Ross, has taken responsibility for collecting eDNA samples as part of our citizen science program at 11th Hour Racing Team. Find out more about this really important research method that our crew are doing on Leg 4 of The Ocean Race. As we sailed nearby the Abrolhos Bank Exclusion Zone, … Continue reading EVER HEARD OF eDNA? IT’S ANOTHER EXPERIMENT WE ARE CONDUCTING ONBOARD MĀLAMA WHILE RACING
