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Holcim-PRB skipper Kevin Escoffier has spoken about camaraderie between rival sailors and sportsmanship in The Ocean Race, revealing that they even help each other out despite being in direct competition. Escoffier’s team currently lead the third leg of this year’s race but the journey from Cape Town to Itajai in Brazil has not been without drama on the water.
The 11th Hour Racing Team made a blistering start to leg 3 of The Ocean Race, registering 544.63 nautical miles in a period ending just past midnight. That impressive feat means the team is now fighting it out for second place alongside Biotherm, behind leaders Team Holcim-PRB. Ad The time of 544.63 surpasses the official IMOCA record of 539.71 nautical miles, which was set by Hugo Boss.
Robert Stanjek says he is “very disappointed” about GUYOT environnement-Team Europe having to turn back to Cape Town after sustaining damage on their boat. The crew were in a good position, running behind Team Holcim-PRB but at the beginning of day four of the third leg, a problem with the hull forced them to head back to the start in Cape Town. Ad Leg three is the longest in The Ocean Race’s history at 12,750 nautical miles from Cape Town in South Africa to Itajai in Brazil and sees the crews travel along the Southern Ocean.
GUYOT Environnement-Team Europe skipper Benjamin Dutreux has explained that two big cracks forced them to return to Cape Town in one of the most dramatic moments of The Ocean Race. The team were running in second place, around 34 nautical miles behind Team Holcim-PRB on day four when it was announced they had a problem with the hull. Ad They declared a “hull sandwich failure” was causing “abnormal movements” which forced them to suspend racing.
The longest stage in the 50-year history of The Ocean Race gets underway on Sunday as the racers get set to go 12,750 nautical miles from Cape Town in South Africa to Itajai in Brazil. But the big question is do the teams stay close to the shore going past the Cape of Good Hope, or head further south or southwest looking for bigger breeze and the first of the westerlies east towards Australia.
Team Malizia skipper Boris Herrmann has recovered from a burn that ruled him out of the last leg of The Ocean Race and will lead his crew for an epic Leg 3 starting this weekend. Herrmann was forced to sit out Leg 2 after pouring boiling water over himself during the opening leg of the 2022/23 event. Ad But he said that he has received treatment and is ready to go again ahead of the longest leg in the history of The Ocean Race, a 12,750 nautical mile stretch from Cape Town to Itajai in Brazil.
For Jessica Ivany, the weekend's 42nd annual Terry Fox Run at Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John's was important because of a pair of milestones.
Esther Henseleit feels as though she has been spinning her wheels the last six months on the LPGA Tour. That made Friday at the AmazingCre Portland Classic feel as though she were absolutely soaring.