Ocean Race 2022-23: 11th Hour Racing Team remain motivated despite third-leg technical problems

11th Hour Racing Team skipper Charlie Enright and his team remain positive despite enduring technical problems during the third leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23. Team Holcim-PRB leads Team Malizia, Biotherm and 11th Hour Racing Team as the Ocean Race crosses the halfway stage of the third leg. Ad However, there are still 11 days and some 4000 nautical miles away from the teams' destination at Itajai.

The Ocean Race'We talked about stopping' — Boat damage causes Ocean Race havoc as teams struggle with repairs14/03/2023 AT 16:15 “It doesn’t end the motivation at all, but it definitely makes it less enjoyable at times,” Enright said. “It’s part of the game. It hasn’t killed our motivation at all – if anything, it made us more hungry to succeed.

“Certainly you don’t come out here for boat-building — you do it for the sailing. It gets a little annoying. Sometimes it sucks the joy out, but it doesn’t end the motivation.” Justine Mettraux — part of 11th Hour Racing Team — said that the team have a plan in place for the remainder of the leg that will help them to reach 100% capacity again, after shifting their priority to making the repairs needed.

«We have had the time to assess the damage we have had over the past days,» Mettraux said on a live call with media from the boat. «We will make the most of [the light period] to fix the mainsail and one of the rudders and do a big check over the rest of the boat to be in good shape for the rest of the leg. »We've had the time to think about what we want to do and make a priority list and a good plan for what we want to do." “It was a bit of a frustrating situation for us,” Enright added.