11th Hour Racing back in The Ocean Race

In advance of Leg 3 for The Ocean Race, the US-flagged 11th Hour Racing Team has received permission from the Race Committee to replace its damaged foils. As the rules specify teams are only allowed to use one set of foils for the entire race, the team needed to...

First and last test for 11th Hour Racing

It’s been a year since the US-based 11th Hour Racing Sailing Team launched the IMOCA they will use in The Ocean Race 2022-23, and they just finally got a measure of it at the 2022 Défi Azimut – a multi-stage event on September 14-18 in Lorient, France. Here is their...

Build up to The Ocean Race 2022-23

It was September 2019 when two-time Volvo Ocean Race participants Charlie Enright (Bristol, RI) and Mark Towill (Honolulu, HI) confirmed their campaign for the 2021-22 The Ocean Race. Since then, the pandemic postponed the start until January 2023, with the extra time...

11th Hour Racing: Lightning strikes again

The 11th Hour Racing Team’s campaign to win The Ocean Race 2022-23 is in need of better luck. Led by American Charlie Enright, it has been one thing or another. In June, they had multiple collisions and damaged a foil during The Ocean Race Europe. In September, they...

Big bang in Transat Jacques Vabre

Day 2 – Spring tides and light winds have made the beginning of the Transat Jacques Vabre very tricky for the fleet of 79 boats. Despite the mild weather, Louis Burton and co-skipper Davy Beaudart became the first boat forced to abandon this 15th edition following a...