11th Hour Racing Team IMOCA 60 Races in Défi Azimut (video)

11th Hour Racing Team's Charlie and Pascal race the Defi Azimut!

The Ocean Race video Oct 11, 2019: Go behind-the-scenes as Charlie Enright and Pascal Bidégorry competed together in the Défi Azimut in Lorient, France, earning an impressive podium finish in the double-handed 48-hour race in the event with a full crew – onboard the 11th Hour Racing Team IMOCA 60.

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The next edition of The Ocean Race will start from Alicante, Spain in the autumn of 2021.

Two classes will compete in the 2021-22 edition of the race with the addition of the high-tech, foiling IMOCA 60 class adding a design and technical element. The one-design VO65 fleet will race with an emphasis on competition, youth and crew diversity.

Sustainability will continue to be a core value of the race going forward, with efforts to restore ocean health and lead, inspire and engage on this critical issue.

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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 Start, Lorient to Gothenburg, Maps, Video

LIVE broadcast (June 16) from the start of Leg 9, the last leg of the race, from Lorient, France to Gothenburg, Sweden, via a short 'pit-stop' in The Hague.

Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 Start map - more info and source: volvooceanrace.com

Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 Start, June 16, 2015: 15:00 UTC (time convert) 11:00 am EDT (US) 
Leg 9 - Lorient, France to Gothenburg, Sweden: 960 nautical miles with a "pit stop" at The Hague, Netherlands (ETA June 18, Restart June 20)

Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9: Lorient (green) to The Hague (yellow) to Gothenberg (red) - source: Google Maps

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Leg 9 weather preview: English Channel, North Sea, tides, currents, and weather systems all a factor--for more information: Mark Chisnell – Leg 9 Preview


Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 | Leg 8 Review: After a light start, the crews found themselves in frustratingly changeable conditions as they left Lisbon behind them. Team SCA led around Cape Finisterre and from then on it was heavy going through the Bay of Biscay and beyond with little sleep as the fleet chased the girls all the way to the finish. Comeback kids Team Vestas Wind followed in second and Abu Dhabi took third to cement their overall lead.


Eight years in the making | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 13, 2015: "I said by the start of the race that I wanted to win the race so my daughters could say "my dad won the Volvo Ocean Race"... and now I've done it so.. it's pretty exciting!" - Ian Walker, Skipper of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing

Other sailing news:
United States Sailing Association | McNay and Hughes (USA) Claim Gold at ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth & Portland: "Portsmouth, R.I. – After winning the medal race in the Men’s 470 class at ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland, US Sailing Team Sperry athletes Stu McNay (Providence, R.I.) and Dave Hughes (San Diego, Calif.) claimed gold against the world’s best in the two-person Olympic dinghy. The five-day event was their second ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta victory of the Rio 2016 Olympic quadrennium, and was a strong demonstration of the skill and determination of these two veteran athletes. For McNay, it was also an dramatic return to the site of the London 2012 Olympic sailing competition...." More info: Regattas | ISAF Sailing World Cup : ISAF Sailing World Cup | Weymouth & Portland

Sailboat sales rebound--New York yacht sales finally set to rebound after Hurricane Sandy | New York Post: "... Keith Cooper, who sells sailboats and sailboat timeshares (which go for $8,000 to $15,000) at his Chelsea Piers SailTime franchise, says he is already two-thirds booked for the season and expects to fill up soon, a feat that he didn’t accomplish last year. Cooper says he has yet to score a definite benefit from the recently enacted tax break, but he expects to be able to sell “another boat or two” before the year is out. “It won’t necessarily turn a ‘no’ into a ‘yes,’ but it will turn a ‘yes, I want a boat’ into a ‘hell, yes, I want a boat,’ ” he says...."

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Volvo Ocean Race In-Port Race Sunday, LIVE Video Replay

Volvo Ocean Race In-Port Race - LIVE Recording Replay - Jun 14, 2015: Watch the penultimate In-Port race of this edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, as the fleet battles it out in the port of Lorient, France.

Map: Volvo Ocean Race In-Port Race Sunday, Lorient, France (more info and source - volvooceanrace.com)

In-Port Race Results - source: volvooceanrace.com

Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race starts Tuesday, June, 16. 2015 from Lorient, France

Volvo Ocean Race 2011/2012 Winner Franck Cammas and his move to Nacra 17 Olympic Catamaran Sailing - video above


Everything you need to know about Kite Racing - ISAF World Cup Weymouth & Portland - Kite Boarding

Regattas | ISAF Sailing World Cup : ISAF Sailing World Cup | Weymouth & Portland:  On the London 2012 Olympic waters, ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland, 8-14 June, racing over five days--Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy opening its doors for fans to come into the venue throughout the competition days (10-14 June) and experience the event from the inside, with opportunities to rub shoulders with British Sailing Team stars and their international rivals. Medal race day on Sunday 14 June will be accessible via free of charge ticket, where you can watch the final day's action unfold with live racing footage, insight and analysis from expert commentators. With sailing, windsurfing and SUP sessions also available on the final day through the OTC and the Andrew Simpson Sailing Centre, plus bouncy castles, food and beverage outlets and much more, it's a great family opportunity to support the very best sailors as they take on their medal rivals on home waters.--source: Regattas | ISAF Sailing World Cup : ISAF Sailing World Cup | Weymouth & Portland   twitter: @ISAFupdates

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Volvo Ocean Race, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Leads After 8 Legs

Volvo Ocean Race Overall Standings after 8 Legs - source: volvooceanrace.com

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Leads Volvo Ocean Race After 8 Legs (see above) Note:  Each team gets the same points as their finishing position, eg first place gets 1 point. All legs count and lowest score overall wins. In-Port Race results are only used in the event of a tie in the overall Race.

Volvo Ocean Race Schedule:
In-Port Race: Sunday, June 14, 2015
Leg 9 start: Tuesday, June 16, 2015



Tale of two victories | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - The Leg 8 finish in Lorient will be one to remember, as it brought us two memorable moments that will forever be part of the history of this race. On one hand, Team SCA achieved the first leg victory for a female team in 25 years. And on the other hand, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing essentially clinched the 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race with their podium finish.


Volvo Ocean Race - Thursday early morning and the fleet arrives in Lorient, Brittany, France. The penultimate leg of the race is wrapped up now - time for a French break.

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Team SCA Victory in Lorient! Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8 Finish (videos)

Team SCA just after crossing the Leg 8 finish line - source: volvooceanrace.com

Victory in Lorient! - Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8 finish in Lorient, France - published 11 Jun 2015: The culmination of over two years of hard work came together today for Team SCA, as they crossed the finish line after 3 days 13 hours 11 minutes and 11 seconds to take their first leg win in Lorient.

Celebration in magenta | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015: Skipper Sam Davies and her Team SCA crew struck a resounding blow for women’s offshore sailing in the early hours of Thursday morning when they gloriously clinched Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The comfortable victory was the first leg win by a female crew in offshore sailing’s toughest challenge since Tracy Edwards’ Maiden clinched two stage wins in Class D of the 1989-90 race, won overall by Sir Peter Blake’s famous Steinlager 2. Behind them, another fairy-tale was unfolding as Team Vestas Wind closed to a second-place finish in their return to the race after six months out following a collision with an Indian Ocean reef on November 29 during Leg 2. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) all but clinched the 12th edition of offshore sailing’s toughest challenge in the early hours of Thursday in Lorient, when a third place in Leg 8 left them with an eight-point lead in the Volvo Ocean Race with one stage to go. (source: volvooceanrace.com)

Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8 finish order: Team SCA first, Team Vestas Wind second, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing third, MAPFRE fourth, Team Brunel fifth, Team Alvimedica sixth, Dongfeng Race Team seventh.

Volvo Ocean Race schedule:
In-Port Race: Sunday, June 14, 2015
Leg 9 start: Tuesday, June 16, 2015



It's magenta! | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
Hours before crossing the finish line to win Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race, Team SCA's shore team isn't about to count their chickens before they hatch, but that isn't keeping the butterflies out of their stomachs as the all-female team leads the fleet to Lorient with a 10nm lead.

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Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8 Lorient Finish LIVE Recording Video

Live recording: Lorient Arrivals: Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8, the penultimate leg of the race, came to an end in Lorient, with Team SCA coming in first in an historic leg win, Team Vestas Wind placing 2nd, and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing coming in 3rd, putting Abu Dhabi in an essentially unassailable position to win the race overall!

Volvo Ocean Race - Jun 10, 2015: Team SCA is still leading the fleet as we enter the final hours of Leg 8. With the race being so close, every move, every decision, is key.

VOR fleet nearing Leg 8 Lorient finish on 10 Jun - source: volvooceanrace.com

VOR fleet nearing Lorient Leg 8 finish
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The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is nearing the finish of Leg 8 at Lorient, France. The sailboats could arrive as early as 4 am UTC [time converter] on Thursday, June 11th--which is 12 midnight EDT (US). JohnTheCrowd.com will post LIVE video of the finish once available from volvooceanrace.com. The women's team--Team SCA--has been leading much of Leg 8, will they finally win a First Place Finish or will Team Vestas Wind claim victory in its return to the VOR after grounding in the Indian Ocean and withdrawal from VOR due to necessary repairs?


Inside Track: Leg 8 #7 | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 10, 2015: It's looking a bit grim in the Bay of Biscay as the fleet enters the final hours of Leg 8. Broken boats and broken bodies, but Ian Walker and the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team can almost taste it.


The Finisterre battle | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - rounding Cape Finisterre on Day 2 of Leg 8 to Lorient.

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Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8, Fleet Splits, Sailing Videos

VOR Leg 8, Lisbon to Lorient, Positions at: 9 June 18:44 UTC

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet has passed and survived Spain's legendary Costa da Morte, Coast of Death, and has now split, and is heading upwind to the finish at Lorient, France. (graphic source: volvooceanrace.com)


Inside Track: Leg 8 #5 | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 9, 2015 - the fleet has split! Genny catches up with Race winner "Juggy" Clougher for a catch up and chat with MAPFRE, Team Brunel and Team Alvimedica.


Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 9, 2015 - Stunning aerial footage of the fleet slamming upwind off Cape Finisterre. Next stop: the Bay of Biscay.


Inside Track: Leg 8 #4 | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 9, 2015 - The breeze is building as the fleet rounds the North West corner of Spain. Race legend Mike Sanderson chats with Genny and we call current leg leader SCA.

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Volvo Ocean Race, Fleet Hugging Portugal Coast, Sailing Videos

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is headed north along the Portugal coast--in a few hours, once the fleet "turns" the northwest corner of Spain (see map further below)--expect a windy upwind beat and sprint to the Leg 8 finish at Lorient, France.


Inside Track: Leg 8 #3 | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 8, 2015: A live connection with Skipper Charles Caudrelier onboard Dongfeng Race Team and a quick catch up with ADOR Navigator Simon Fischer - race veteran Katie Pettibone joins Genny for this evenings show.


Inside Track: Leg 8 #2 | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 8, 2015: Genny Tulloch talks to Sam Davies on current leader Team SCA and Team Alvimedica's Charlie Enright about their strategy for this short leg, and Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad analyses the overnight tactics as the fleet splits into two distinct groups.


VOR, Leg 8 - Jun 8, 2015: Capricious wind conditions push the lucky boats ahead and leave the others stranded in frustration.


Lisbon Leg 8 Start Highlights | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 7, 2015: Leg 8 kicked off on a humid Lisbon afternoon, with really tricky and light wind conditions! Here's a look back at the action from the departure, as the fleet set out from Lisbon to Lorient.

Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8 - Lisbon to Lorient - Positions at: 8 June 21:35 UTC above
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Team Vestas Wind Returns for Leg 8, Volvo Ocean Race videos

Expect the unexpected - Team Vestas Wind | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
Team Vestas Wind Returning for Leg 8, Volvo Ocean Race - published on May 28, 2015
Team Vestas Wind is back in the race.  Above: the movie that has been shown exclusively at the cinema in the Race Villages around the world, the full story from when Team Vestas Wind were shipwrecked in the middle of the Indian Ocean.


Team Vestas Wind Lisbon arrival | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - published on May 28, 2015
The blue boat arrives into Portugal - but the team must wait until night falls before permission is granted to truck it the final 50km to Lisbon. It's a tense moment with the boat so close to its destination, yet so far.

Remaining Schedule for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15:
In-Port Race Lisbon June 6, 2015
Leg 8 Start Lisbon-Lorient June 7, 2015 647 nm

In-Port Race Lorient June 14, 2015
Leg 9 Start Lorient-Gothenburg June 16, 2015 960 nm

In-Port Race Gothenburg June 27, 2015

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