July 1, 2023 - 4PM CET
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Just when they were beginning to wonder if this was going to be a relatively benign second half of the voyage around the bottom of the world, the Southern Ocean still has a sting in its tail. Now 26 days since they departed Cape Town, and for the past week 11th Hour Racing Team has … Continue reading STORMING TOWARDS CAPE HORN
As Mālama was passing through one of the most remote parts of the most remote ocean in the world, the team deployed a surface drifter buoy off the back of the boat. It’s another milestone passed in the other race that 11th Hour Racing Team is participating in, the race to protect the world’s ocean. … Continue reading VITAL BUOY DEPLOYED IN THE REMOTE SOUTHERN OCEAN
In brief: 11th Hour Racing Team almost halfway through the mammoth 12,750nm Leg 3, the passage through the inhospitable, remote Southern Ocean The fleet remains tight, just over 100 nm from front to back The USA team smashes its own 24-hour record with a 586 nautical mile run Team waiting for calmer breeze to repair … Continue reading ANOTHER SHOT OF RESILIENCE
It’s week 2 of Leg 3 of The Ocean Race – the world’s longest and toughest sporting event – and the only US entry, 11th Hour Racing Team, has passed the remote Kerguelen Islands, and soon they’ll be passing to the south of Australia. It has been a week of emotional highs and lows for … Continue reading RECORD HIGHS AND RECORD LOWS THIS WEEK
The frenetic start out of Cape Town has set the tone for the first few days of Leg 3 of The Ocean Race 2022-23, the 12,750 nautical mile monster rollercoaster ride through the Southern Ocean. As of 1500 UTC, on Thursday, March 2, Newport, Rhode Island-based 11th Hour Racing Team currently lies in second place, … Continue reading THE BATTLE OF ATTRITION HAS BEGUN
At 1415 local (1215 UTC), 11th Hour Racing Team crossed the start line for Leg 3 of The Ocean Race in Cape Town, South Africa. Team suspends racing at 1507 local due to mainsail batten issue. Repair completed and racing restarted after minimum two hour limit The longest Leg in the 50-year and 14-edition history … Continue reading 11TH HOUR RACING TEAM CROSSES STARTLINE ON LEG 3 OF THE OCEAN RACE
Leg 3 consists of 12,750 nautical miles of cold, wild and unpredictable ocean racing. It’s a lot to prepare for mentally, perhaps more so than physically. So, with all the chaos and excitement of a stopover like Cape Town, what does it take to get your head in the game before departure? Well, it’s not … Continue reading GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME, IT’S TIME TO UNTIE THE DOCK LINES
11th Hour Racing Team will set off tomorrow, Sunday, February 26, 2023, on the longest ever leg in the history of The Ocean Race – 12,750-nautical miles (14,672-miles/23,613-kilometers) and around 35 days of racing through the Southern Ocean. The US-flagged team will cross the startline in Cape Town at 1415 local time (1215 UTC) to … Continue reading 11TH HOUR RACING TEAM PREPARES FOR LONGEST LEG IN THE OCEAN RACE HISTORY
Cape Town, South Africa Itajaí, Brazil Start February 26, 2023 ETA April 1, 2023 Distance 12,750 nautical miles (14,672 miles/23,613 kilometers) Leg 4 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 from Cape Town, South Africa to Itajaí, Brazil is the first of the race’s two double-points scoring stages and takes the fleet on a monstrously long 12,750-nautical … Continue reading LEG 3 PREVIEW: FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO BRAZIL
11TH HOUR RACING TEAM AND FORMULA E’S ENVISION RACING TEAM COME TOGETHER TO SHOWCASE ELITE SPORT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CAPE TOWN 11th Hour Racing Team, which sails in the world’s longest and toughest sporting event, The Ocean Race, and Formula E team, Envision Racing, part of the world’s first-ever net zero carbon sport, came together … Continue reading SHOWCASING ELITE SPORT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CAPE TOWN WITH FORMULA E
