South African sailor, Matt Whitehead has always dreamed of racing in the Volvo Ocean Race – and he came that much closer by competing on the VO65, ‘Childhood 1’, the DutchSail entry in the Ocean Race Europe. We caught up with Matt after a few very busy months.
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The Ocean Race Europe is designed to showcase top, fully-crewed, competitive ocean racing, featuring the best international teams. Leg 3 starts on 13 June from Alicante, Spain to Genua, Italy.
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The Ocean Race Europe is a new event designed to showcase top-flight, fully-crewed, competitive ocean racing, featuring the best international teams. Leg 2 begins on 6 June from Cascais, Portugal to Alicante, Spain.
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The Ocean Race Europe starts on 29 May. It has been designed to showcase professional, fully-crewed offshore racing. This new European multi-stage race has attracted a top-tier entry of 12 teams representing nine countries.
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The Vasco da Gama Ocean Race is the oldest coastal ocean race on the South African sailing calendar. Organised by Point Yacht Club, it was the 25th edition of the race sailing the Durban to East London course. Traditionally sailed from Durban to Maputo, the 50th edition of the Race began on Monday 17th May at 6am, starting a day late due to bad weather.
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The 50th edition of the Vasco da Gama Ocean Race takes place on Sunday, 16 May 2021 at 11h00. This race is the oldest international sailing event in South Africa.
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A Clipper Race poster on the London Underground was the inspiration for Swiss PHD student Carola Göhlich to sign up for the first leg of the race: The Atlantic Trade Winds Leg. Clipper Race HQ chats to her about her experiences.
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Who can forget the dramatic rescue of Kevin Escoffier in the 2020 Vendée Globe Race? Kevin’s foiling IMOCA 60, PRB sank 840 nautical miles SW of Cape Town. In this exclusive interview with Andy from OFF WATCH, Kevin gives an incredible blow-by-blow account of the incident and his rescue, which captured the whole of the sporting world.
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Following a spectacular edition of the Vendée Globe, Les Sables d’Olonne is now preparing for the next great adventures in solo ocean-racing – the Mini-Transat in September 2021 and the Golden Globe Race in 2022.
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Clarisse Cremer Breaks Ellen McArthur’s Record |The Vendée Globe
by Ingrid HaleClarisse Cremer finished the Vendée Globe Race at 15:44:25 hrs UTC taking 12th place on the IMOCA 60, Banque Populaire X. Clarisse broke Ellen McArthur’s 21 year-old record as the first female skipper in this the 9th edition of the race.
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