Category: The Ocean Race

11th Hour Racing Team has crossed the start line in Alicante, Spain, of the world’s longest and toughest sporting event – The Ocean Race 2022-23.  The 31,700 nautical mile (nm) [36,500 mile, 58,700 kilometer] race will see the team sail 24/7 for weeks at a time. The course for the 14th edition of the race … Continue reading 11TH HOUR RACING TEAM SETS OFF ON THE OCEAN RACE 2022-23

11th Hour Racing Team Media Crew Member, Amory Ross, is about to embark on his fourth Ocean Race. He takes on the important role of telling the story to the fans and media following the race. Here’s what he had to say before the start… Amo, it’s your fourth Ocean Race. What is it about … Continue reading GEARING UP TO TELL THE STORY WITH AMORY ROSS

Simon Fisher is the most experienced sailor in The Ocean Race 2022-23 IMOCA fleet and is about to start his sixth circumnavigation of the planet. On start day morning, as he underwent his medical prior to departure, we caught up with our navigator at 11th Hour Racing Team. Si Fi, this is your sixth circumnavigation … Continue reading ‘HARD TO SAY GOODBYE’ SAYS SIMON FISHER

Marcel Van Triest is the strategic meteorologist for 11th Hour Racing Team. The Ocean Race 2022-23 is the ninth race for the Dutchman, having competed as navigator in the 1989/90 and 1993/94 Whitbreads, as well as the Volvo Ocean Race 1997/98, 2001/02, and 2005/06. On the eve of the race start, and moments after the … Continue reading SNAKES AND LADDERS WITH MARCEL THE STRATEGIST

With exactly 24 hours to go to the start of his third Ocean Race, and second one as a skipper, we caught up with Charlie Enright to hear what his final few hours before the start.  This is your third race, and the only US entries, and only two American sailors in the fleet – … Continue reading THE AMERICAN DREAM – PRE-RACE INTERVIEW WITH CHARLIE

Exactly 24 hours before the start of The Ocean Race 2022-23, we caught up with trimmer Francesca Clapcich, or Frankie as she is better known, to hear her thoughts on the eve of departure on the 58,700 kilometers [31,700 nautical miles, 36,500 miles] race around the world.  With just 24 hours before the start of … Continue reading ‘FIRST TIME LEAVING MY FAMILY BEHIND’ SAYS FRANCESCA CLAPCICH

Jack Bouttell is the only Australian sailor in The Ocean Race 2022-23. A previous race winner with a wealth of experience, he tells us about the inevitable pre-race nerves and the challenges of life onboard.  Jack, this is your third Ocean Race and you won the last edition. How confident are you for this race? … Continue reading ‘THAT PRE-RACE FEELING’ WITH JACK BOUTTELL

The course for the 2022-23 edition of The Ocean Race includes the longest leg in the race’s 50-year history. A 12,750-nautical mile one-month marathon from Cape Town, South Africa, around the bottom of the world to Itajaí, Brazil. This route is made up of seven legs with stopovers in eight cities (and a fly-by in … Continue reading 2022-23 ROUTE PREVIEW BY 11TH HOUR RACING TEAM