The Ocean Race 2022-23: 11th Hour Racing Team win Grand Finale in Genova to add In-Port series title to overall victory

11th Hour Racing Team capped a superb Ocean Race campaign by winning the Grand Finale in Genova to add the In-Port series title to their overall triumph. Light winds off the Ligurian coast made for challenging conditions as the epic event, which has seen the IMOCA and VO65 fleets navigate the globe since January, came to an end.

Ad 11th Hour, who became the first American-flagged team to claim Ocean Race victory in its 50-year history this week, made a late move to edge a slow but tight race in Italy, jumping from third to first at the death. The Ocean Race'Look at this!' — All the highlights from a thrilling VO65 In-Port race at the Ocean Race16 MINUTES AGO A wind shift saw the start of the race face a short delay, and once it got underway there was little to separate the top three boats as they took different approaches on the course in their search for a breeze.

11th Hour topped the IMOCA In-Port standings with 29 points, four ahead of Malizia in second place. IMOCA In-Port Series final standings 11th Hour Racing Team – 29 points Team Malizia – 25 points Biotherm – 19 points Team Holcim-PRB – 17 points GUYOT environnement – Team Europe – 10 points JAJO win VO65 race as WindWhisper hold on Team JAJO took victory in the VO65 class race, with WindWhisper finishing last but still winning the In-Port Series.

Light winds of three to six knots provided a big challenge to the teams as they crawled out at the start, but JAJO soon pushed ahead to lead the pack. WindWhisper got off to a disastrous start and there were even some initial worries heading to the first mark that they might risk being timed out and spectacularly losing their In-Port lead in the conditions.