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World Yacht Racer: Race Keel Yachts at Exotic Locations

World Yacht Racer is an exciting iPhone game developed by Simon Withington. As a player, you have the opportunity to race keel yachts at famous and exotic sailing locations around the globe. Whether you prefer the thrill of racing at well-known spots or your favorite local sailing spot, this game has it all.

With World Yacht Racer, you can experience the excitement of close-quarters sailing and tactics. Navigate through islands, bays, and offshore locations while reading the shifting winds to gain an advantage over your competitors. Race against the fleet and record the fastest time to become the ultimate champion.

This game offers a variety of maps, including Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Sandringham in Australia, San Diego in the USA, Ventotene Island in Italy, Félicité Island in Africa, and Koh Samui in Thailand. Each map features race series with leaderboards when logged into Apple Game Center. You can participate in fleet, timed, and chase races, providing different challenges and gameplay experiences.

World Yacht Racer features two types of yachts: the 30 Foot Grand Prix with an optional spinnaker and the 15 Foot Skiff with an optional spinnaker. The game has a simple helm mechanic, making it accessible to players of all skill levels. Despite its casual nature, the game incorporates complex underlying physics to keep the gameplay challenging, interesting, and fun.

Stay tuned for updates as the developer plans to release new maps, courses, and features. Compete against players from around the world and challenge your friends to become the ultimate World Yacht Racer champion!

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What is The Ocean Race?

The Ocean Race is often described as the longest and toughest professional sporting event in the world, sailing’s toughest team challenge and one of the sport’s Big Three events, alongside the Olympic Games and America’s Cup.

To truly understand the race, though, it’s better to think of it in a way the athletes who take part will recognise immediately. Put simply, The Ocean Race is an obsession, and many of the world's best sailors have dedicated years, even decades of their lives trying to win it.

Take Sir Peter Blake, who competed in the first edition of what was then the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973-74 and came back again and again until he finally conquered his Everest, securing an overwhelming victory with Steinlager 2 in 1989-90. Only then was he able to fully turn his attention to other projects.

The race sits, just as it always has, at the intersection of human adventure, and world-class competition. Thanks to the work of the Onboard Reporters embedded with every team, fans are given a unique insight into just what it takes to win a race that is relentless in its demands – as teams give everything they have, 24 hours a day, in pursuit of the tiny advantages that can make all the difference.

The race’s concept is simple: it’s a round-the-clock pursuit of competitive edge and the ultimate ocean marathon, pitting the sport’s best sailors against each other across the world’s toughest waters. It’s relentless: the importance of winning, the adventure of life on board, the transformative effect on the sailors — all of these combine to give the race its power and depth.

The last edition of the race was the closest in history, with three teams virtually tied, approaching the finish line. After 126 days of racing spread across 11 legs, the winning margin for Charles Caudrelier’s Dongfeng Race Team was only 16 minutes. The top three teams were separated by just four points.

A total of 2.5 million people visited the Race Villages during the 2017-18 event, getting a first-hand taste of the action. Millions more followed the action on our digital platforms, television and via the news as the race set new high-marks for international coverage.

Now we enter a new era as the event continues to evolve. Two classes will compete in the 2022-23 edition of the race with the addition of the high-tech, foiling IMOCA 60 class adding a design and technical element. The one-design VO65 fleet will race for The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint Cup over three legs: Leg 1 from Alicante, Spain to Cabo Verde, Leg 6 from Aarhus, Denmark to The Hague in the Netherlands, and Leg 7 from The Hague to Genova, Italy.

Following the success of our ground-breaking and award-winning sustainability efforts in the last race, sustainability will continue to be a core value of the race as we go forward, as we redouble our efforts to restore ocean health and lead, inspire and engage on this critical issue.

The 14th edition of The Ocean Race started from Alicante, Spain on January 15th 2023, and will finish in Genova, the Grand Finale, in Italy early in the summer of 2023. The race visits nine iconic cities around the globe over a six-month period (Alicante, Spain - Cabo Verde - Cape Town, South Africa - Itajaí, Brazil - Newport, RI, USA - Aarhus, Denmark - Kiel Fly-By, Germany - The Hague, the Netherlands - Genova, Italy) and features a leg with the longest racing distance in the 50-year history of the event - a 12,750 nautical mile, one-month marathon from Cape Town, South Africa to Itajaí, Brazil. The IMOCA fleet of mixed crews will pass all three great southern Capes - Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin, Cape Horn - non-stop, for the first time.

How the race is won

Although at its most fundamental level the perfect strategy for  winning The Ocean Race comes down to simply scoring more points than  your competitors, there is much more involved in emerging victorious  from a five-month, 32,000-nautical mile (36,825-mile / 60,000-kilometre)  race around the world.

The Ocean Race uses a high points scoring system with the winning  team on an offshore leg awarded points equal to the number of entries in  the race. Second place gets points equal to the number of entries minus  one – and so on down the finishing order.

However, double points are up for grabs on two of the legs: the  monster 12,750-nautical mile (14,672-mile / 23,613-kilometre) Southern  Ocean passage on Leg 3 from Cape Town, South Africa to Itajaí in Brazil –  the longest in the race’s 50-year history – and the transatlantic  crossing on Leg 5 from US city Newport, Rhode Island to Aarhus in  Denmark.

The points on Leg 3 will be split between the order in which the teams  pass the longitude of 143 degrees east – and their finishing order at  the end of the leg. On Leg 5 the points will be doubled based on the  teams’ finishing order on the 3,500-nautical mile (4,028-mile /  6,482-kilometre) transatlantic crossing.

With the rules dictating that teams which fail to finish a leg shall  receive no points, the crews will need to manage their instinct to push  their boats and themselves flat out with the need to avoid sustaining  damage that might slow them down or even force them to retire.

As well as avoiding damage the sailors need to avoid incurring penalty  points that can be awarded for any transgressions to the race’s rules,  such as entering race imposed exclusion zones, measurement violations,  and anything else deemed to be a breach of the regulations.

The final standings at the end of the race are determined based on the  teams’ total score for all of the legs – less any penalty points. The  team with the highest series score wins with others ranked accordingly.  Ties on overall points are throughout the race broken in favour of the  boat with the highest overall position in the In-Port Series.

In The Ocean Race 2017-18 after racing for eight months around the world  the top three teams were so close on points starting the final leg from  Gothenburg, Sweden to The Hague in the Netherlands that the eventual  winner – China’s Dongfeng Race Team – was not decided until the last few  miles to the finish line.

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Virtual Skipper 5

Navigate the 14 legendary ocean water courses.

4 types of boats

Skipper the class ACC, the Trimaran Open 60, the Offshore Racer or the Melges 64.

Edit your own maps

Enjoy the seascapes editor and the mediatracker.

Considered to be the ultimate in nautical simulations, the Virtual Skipper series has enjoyed huge critical and commercial success over the past few years. Take part in thrilling regattas aboard world-class boats on a sea surging with realism in single- and multiplayer games.

System requirements

• Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
• CPU: Pentium IV 1.6GHz / AMD Athlon XP1600+
• RAM: 256 MB (XP) or 512 MB (Vista)
• 3D graphics card: 16 MB, 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible
• Sound card: 16 bit DirectX compatible
• Hard drive: 1.5 GB free disk space
• English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

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What do i do in virtual skipper 5.

Virtual Skipper 5 enables you to skipper the finest competition boats currently available in over 14 different ocean water courses; the settings for the most prestigious international competitions such as Valencia, Auckland, Rio, Marseille...

If the regattas at the helm of the Class ACC boats is the highlight of this new Virtual Skipper title, the other class of boats are also featured in the game. Players can therefore take the helm of four types of competition boat, each behaving differently on an ultra-realistic sea modelled and animated to perfection.

Though the 'Class America' boats are the stars of this new episode, players will appreciate the variety offered by the inclusion of other types of boat, such as the Trimaran Open 60, the real 'formula ones' of the sea, the Offshore Racer and the Melges 24.

An editor will also give you the ability to create integrally your own regattas and ocean water courses which will guarantee renewed and continued gameplay fun in the Internet multiplayer games.

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Online Qualifiers for the America’s Cup e-Series to start July 31st

The Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup takes a revolutionary step into the future with the launch of the America's Cup e-Series, its debut esports league. This groundbreaking competition, powered by the hyper-realistic AC Sailing PC game, offers a unique opportunity for gamers to not only compete for a €50,000 prize pool, but also to experience the unparalleled thrill of racing a real AC40 yacht against a Youth America's Cup team. The America's Cup e-Series kicks off with six rounds of online qualifiers, running from July 31st to September 14th. Open to all AC Sailing players, these qualifiers will grant six coveted seats in the Grand Final in Barcelona, where eight finalists will battle it out for the title of America's Cup e-Series Champion. Full details about the competition format and registration can be found at www.americascup.com/e-series.

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System requirements.

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 (3.3Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 (3.2Ghz)
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB or AMD RX 570 8GB
• DirectX: Version 11
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 10 GB available space
• OS: Windows 11 64-bit
• Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 (3.2Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 Ghz)
• Graphics: Nvidia RTX 2070 8GB or AMD RX 5700XT 8GB

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OFFSHORE EVENTS

Discover or rediscover all our events on Virtual Regatta. Vendée Globe, Route du Rhum, Transat Jacques Vabre, Jules Verne Trophy, we let you know a little more about all these offshore races.

Each year, more than 50 events are covered on your favorite game, in all the seas and oceans of the world.

THE GREATEST RACES

Vendée Globe

The biggest sailing race around the world, starting and finishing in Les Sables d’Olonne.

Arkea Ultim Challenge

It’s “the race of the century” say some observers. Round the world from Brest to Brest in an Ultim.

Transat Jacques Vabre

The route du Café, one of the emblems of ocean racing that everyone dreams of conquering.

Olympic Esports Series

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Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe

A historic race starting from Saint-Malo, destination Guadeloupe and Pointe à Pitre!

The Ocean Race

The Ocean Race is the world’s most famous seven stage IMOCA round-the-world yacht race. Be part of it!

New York Vendée

Embark on an epic adventure that will take you from the skyscrapers of New York to the picturesque coastline of Les Sables d’Olonne.

ALL OFFSHORE RACES

Solitaire du Figaro

A renowned stage race that takes place every year in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay

Rorc Transatlantic Race

A recognized transatlantic crossing between Lanzarote and Granada on board a Class 40.

Vendée Arctique les Sables

A difficult Imoca race that will serve as training for the next Vendée Globe.

Normandy Channel Race

A difficult coastal course between the Channel and the Celtic Sea on board a Class 40.

Solo Maitre Coq

A fast and intense race from and to the Sables d’Olonnes on board a Figaro.

Défi Atlantique

A transatlantic race from West to East in two stages with many prizes to be won

Transat Paprec

A famous transatlantic race from Concarneau to Saint-Barthélémy, on board a Figaro.

Pro Sailing Tour

A multihull race, in 3 stages, which brings together the best sailors of the moment. →

Rolex Giraglia

This prestigious race crosses the  Mediterranean Sea between Saint-Tropez and Genoa.

A 660-mile ride through the Greek island maze with 19 course marks to validate. →

Atlantic Wayback

A 11047 miles Atlantic crossing between Cape Horn and Les Sables d’Olonne. →

THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Weekend Elite Series Nohé

Discover the new WES season. Everyone’s on an equal footing and new prizes to be won!

IMOCA Virtual Series by CORUM L’Épargne

The first virtual championship dedicated to sailing and more specifically to IMOCA boats

THE BEST RECORDS

Use it Again

An incredible round-the-world record, but in reverse, which makes it so special!

Mediterranean Record

An express crossing between Marseille and Carthage to tame the Mediterranean.

Honolulu – Yokohama

A difficult crossing of the Pacific Ocean in an unconventional way.

Los Angeles–Honolulu

A rather fast record from Los Angeles to Hawaii in Ultimate.

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The Ocean Race – Everything you need to know

The crewed around the world race with stopovers has always been one of yachting’s premier ocean races and, after several delays this latest edition is set to start on 15 January 2023.

The race organisers are also running a new event designed to showcase top-flight, fully-crewed, competitive offshore racing based around northern Europe: the Ocean Race Europe.

The Ocean Race is scheduled to run every four years, with the Ocean Race Europe also planned to take place every four years, essentially allowing competition between the teams to take place every two years in one form or another.

It’s unusual for IMOCA 60s to race with more than two crew onboard.

What boats compete in The Ocean Race?

For the first time ever IMOCA 60s will be taking part in a fully crewed round the world race this year, with several teams set to take part.

The IMOCA 60 class has long been at the forefront of ocean racing and is used for the solo non-stop round the world epic, the Vendée Globe as well as a number of other premiere short handed ocean events such as the Route du Rhum and Transat Jaques Vabre .

However, the IMOCA 60s have always been designed and built with single and double handed racing in mind, so teams competing will have had to make significant changes to their semi-foiling 60 footers to make them capable of sailing with a full crew.

The IMOCAs are sailed by a complement of five crew, including an onboard reporter (OBR) that takes no part in the sailing. Each IMOCA 60 team has to include at least one female sailor.

VO65s no longer go for a third lap of the planet. Photo: Robin Christol

What is The Ocean Race Sprint Cup?

Initially the intention was for two fleets to take part in The Ocean Race proper with the second fleet consisting on the one design VO65 boats used in the last edition of the Volvo Ocean Race.

However, plans have since changed and while the IMOCA 60s will complete a full lap of the planet, including seven legs to finish in Genoa, Italy, the VO65s will sail just the first and last two legs in what the organisers have called The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint Cup .

A new trophy will be awarded to the VO65 team which accumulates the best score across three legs of the race; Alicante, Spain, to Cape Verde; Aarhus, Denmark, to The Hague, the Netherlands; and The Hague to the overall finish in Genoa, Italy.

What is The Ocean Race course?

The course for The Ocean Race has a new first stopover mid-Atlantic at the Cape Verdes, before an extra long Southern Ocean leg of 12,750 miles from Cape Town, South Africa, to Itajai, Brazil. This new stage passes south of all three Great Capes and is expected to take 34 days.

After this mammoth Southern Ocean leg, the fleet then moves onto a series of much shorter legs. From Brazil they head to Newport, USA. They then cross the Atlantic to Aarhus, DEN. After that a very short hop from Aarhus to The Hague, NED fore a race from The Hague back to Genova, ITA.

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• June 29, 2023

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• June 19, 2023

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• June 1, 2023

“I’m so happy not to be alone,” an emotional Boris Herrmann said standing at the base of his 29m/95ft mast, a foot-long gash ripped into the carbon above his head…

640.9 miles in 24hrs: Holcim-PRB smashes monohull record

• May 26, 2023

Kevin Escoffier’s IMOCA Holcim-PRB, competing in the The Ocean Race, has annihilated the 24-hour monohull sailing record by covering an incredible 640.9 miles on the fifth leg from Newport to Aarhus. This…

GUYOT environnement – Team Europe dismasted in The Ocean Race

• May 9, 2023

Early this morning, Tuesday 9 May 2023, organisers of The Ocean Race have reported that GUYOT environnement – Team Europe has dismasted as the fleet race towards the finish of…

Crew changes aplenty as teams prepare for The Ocean Race leg 4

• April 21, 2023

Crew rotation is proving to be a big feature in this edition of The Ocean Race and once again the crews are being mixed up on all boats as the…

Team Malizia wins longest ever Ocean Race leg

• April 2, 2023

Boris Herrmann‘s Team Malizia has won Leg 3 of The Ocean Race from Cape Town to Itajai, the longest ever ocean stage in the crewed around the world race. Herrmann,…

The Ocean Race: is racing under autopilot ‘cheating’?

• March 13, 2023

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Fastest IMOCA record: 595 miles in 24 hours for The Ocean Race leaders

• March 12, 2023

Kevin Escoffier’s Holcim-PRB, the dominant leader of The Ocean Race, has set a new 24-hour IMOCA record by covering a breath-taking 595.26 nautical miles (1102 kms) over Saturday 11-Sunday 12…

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• March 2, 2023

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• February 27, 2023

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• February 24, 2023

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• February 13, 2023

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• February 6, 2023

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• January 31, 2023

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• January 26, 2023

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• January 25, 2023

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The Ocean Race: Holcim-PRB win Leg One

• January 23, 2023

French skipper Kevin Escoffier led his Swiss-flagged Team Holcim-PRB to victory in leg one of The Ocean Race in the early hours of the morning on Saturday 21 January 2023.…

Baptism of fire for The Ocean Race crews as fleet starts from Alicante

• January 15, 2023

The Ocean Race start, the latest iteration of the crewed multi-stage around the world race, set off today from Alicante, Spain. But the 11 crews – five IMOCA teams, six…

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​Time to Race: The Virtual Regatta is Now Live!

03 October 2017

Wish you could be out on the start line at Punta Del Este, Uruguay, for Race 2 to Cape Town, South Africa? Well, now you can, virtually, from the comfort of your own home.

The Clipper Race has teamed up once again with the world’s leading and most experienced team of digital yacht racing game experts at Virtual Regatta. During the opening race from Liverpool, UK, to Punta Del Este, Virtual Regatta has been putting the finishing touches to a brand new virtual ocean racing platform to help give followers at home a taste of what it is like to race across oceans with the Clipper Race. From anywhere in the world, you will be able to complete your own Clipper Race on your desktop, tablet, or smart phone.

Not only is there an exciting new look and feel to the game for the 2017-18 race edition, but there will be a host of new features, including:

• A completely revised interface to improve the clarity and ease of the game.
• The ability for ‘Skippers’ to customise their boat before sailing, depending on weather conditions.
• Every player will receive free credits at the beginning and end of each race, according to their ranking.
• A new card system delivering advanced navigation options to all.
• Players will receive free cards at the beginning and during the race.
• At the end of the race, unused cards will be converted into credits for the following races.
• Boats will advance in real time on the map and will be updated every minute.
• The introduction of speed estimates will allow players to choose their sails more easily.
• Virtual Regatta’s estimated time of passage will help develop schedules and waypoints.
• A more detailed map and greater depth of players’ racing information.
• Notifications of major race events.
• Greater frequency in ranking updates.
• A new VSR ranking providing greater equity.

As always, the game is free to play, but there are options to make in game purchases, such as buying additional sails, to enhance the experience. All players will receive free tokens to try out these special extras. Virtual Regatta has also added ‘Guest Mode’ as a way for people to sample the official Clipper Race game before registering.

The overall winner will be the person who earns the most points by the end of the thirteenth and final race from Derry Londonderry, Northern Ireland, to Liverpool, UK. The winner of the Virtual Regatta will be able to step into reality and try their hand at a week-long Level 1 Clipper Race Training Course (*see conditions) on the Solent on the UK South Coast. The winner of each individual race will also receive a Clipper Race gift bag.

Virtual Regatta Founder and CEO Philippe Guigné says: “We are extremely excited by the latest version of Virtual Regatta which has lots of exciting new features.

“We are especially pleased to launch it with such a famous global ocean race as the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. It provides a series of very challenging races which will test the virtual racers every bit as much as the real thing.”

Start your virtual ocean challenge today .

For all in-game queries and questions, please visit Virtual Regatta's Help Center .

(*The Level 1 Clipper Race Training Course prize can only be completed by those aged 18 years or older, and the candidate must meet all medical and insurance requirements.

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World Yacht Racer 4+

Sailing game, simon withington.

• 3.3 • 18 Ratings

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Description.

Race keel yachts at famous and exotic sailing locations around the globe. Or perhaps at your favorite local sailing spot with its unique wind and ocean conditions. Experience the thrill of close quarters sailing and tactics. Navigate islands, bays, and offshore locations. Read the shifting winds, race the fleet and record the fastest time! Maps: - Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara Bay, Brazil (with localized wind pattern) - Sandringham, Port Phillip Bay, Australia - San Diego, San Diego Bay, USA (with localized wind pattern) - Ventotene Island, Italy - Félicité Island, Seychelles, Africa - Koh Samui, Thailand, Asia (with variable wind pattern) Each map includes race series with leaderboards (when logged into Apple Game Center). Three types of races are featured: - Fleet - Timed - Chase Yachts: - 30 Foot Grand Prix with optional spinnaker. - 15 Foot Skiff with optional spinnaker. Key features are a simple helm mechanic, many varied courses, and locations. A casual game but with complex underlying physics to keep it challenging, interesting and fun! Stay tuned for new maps, courses, ​and features. Come and compete against the world and your friends to be World Yacht Racer champion!

Version 1.16.0

- Updated yacht artwork - Bug fixes

Ratings and Reviews

Fun game mostly.

There are only two yachts in the race with different stats but you can buy more for different... colours??? Also physics are a bit weird for collisions

Quite a fun little game

Good fun game and improving. Looking forward to more races though. But overall a fun game

Better graphics would be good but a very enjoyable sailing game.

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• Heather Prentice
• April 22, 2024

Heather Thomas and her all-women crew aboard Tracy Edwards’ famous 58ft yacht Maiden have won the 2023-4 Ocean Globe Race!

Maiden has beaten 14 teams to win the Ocean Globe Race on IRC handicap, becoming the first ever all-women crew to win an around-the-world yacht race, it was confirmed early on Monday 22 April 2024.

The international all-female crew crossed the finish line at the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes at 1052 UTC on 16 April, having sailed 6599 miles from Punta del Este on Leg 4 of the Ocean Globe Race.

Their only rival for IRC handicap honours, the French Swan 53 Triana skippered by Jean d’Arthuys, failed to meet their 0500 deadline to cross the Royal Yacht Squadron line off Cowes.

Frustratingly for the French crew, Triana was becalmed off Lands End at 0400 today, still with 183 miles to run to the Royal Yacht Squadron finish line off Cowes.

Maiden sweeps up the Solent to victory

‘It’s very exciting to be the first all-female crew to win an around the world race. It’s a historic moment,’ said Maiden skipper Heather Thomas. ‘The girls have worked really hard for it and we’re very proud of our achievement. We have the best crew and the best boat so what can I say!’

Ocean Globe Race founder Don McIntyre added: ‘What an absolutely stunning victory for skipper Heather and this eclectic mix of international girls and skills onboard Maiden . Wow!

‘They have embraced this OGR adventure at every level, performing on the water, facing completely unknown Southern Ocean challenges with courage and determination and representing their cause like real champions.’

Thomas and her crew enjoyed sleigh-ride conditions all the way from the Azores to the finish on Tuesday, completing the 27,000 mile race via the three great capes in 153 days.

Triana still in the running

At that time, Triana still had a chance to pip Maiden to the trophy. Still some 850 miles behind, the French had to average more than 6 knots over this final stage – they were then speeding along at 6.8 knots before a southwesterly gale.

But then the winds changed completely, leaving Triana becalmed south of Lands End.

It means that Thomas and her crew have finished one up even on Tracy Edwards MBE, whose all-women crew returned as national heroes 34 years ago aboard the same yacht.

Tracy Edwards took 2nd in class aboard Maiden in the 1989-90 Whitbread after winning two legs of the notoriously difficult round-the-world race. She was awarded Yachtsman of the Year for her part in the race, the first woman to be awarded the title.

The Ocean Globe Race race marks the 50th anniversary of the first Whitbread Race back in 1973-4.

Tracy Edwards (5th from right) introducing Sarah, Duchess of York and Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan and her children Jalila and Zayed to Heather Thomas and the Maiden crew

Royal reception for Ocean Globe Race winners

Heather Thomas and the Maiden crew led a parade of sail from Cowes to Southampton to Ocean Village on Saturday where they were greeted by Sarah, Duchess of York, who christened Maiden in 1988.

Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan and her children Jalila and Zayed were also on the pontoon to greet the Maiden crew. Tracy Edwards was supported by King Hussein of Jordan and Royal Jordanian Airways in her 1989 Whitbread campaign.

Heather Thomas, aged 27 and the youngest skipper by 13 years, and her crew have put up a remarkable performance, always ranking in the top half of this 16-strong fleet. They finished 3rd on Leg 1 from Cowes to Cape Town, 4th on Leg 2 to Auckland and 2nd around Cape Horn to Punta del Este.

This last 6,700 mile leg back to Cowes  proved to be their toughest test. Maiden’s engine failed soon after the start, then their water maker broke down – needed to re-hydrate all their freeze dried food – and then their inverter burned out.

Mercifully, the weather came to their aid providing plenty of rain showers for them to collect water in buckets.

Tracey Edwards, skipper of Maiden in the 1990 Whitbread race, greets 2024 skipper Heather Thomas in an emotional welcome

Tracy Edwards welcomes Maiden

Tracy Edwards was there at the finish to meet Maiden . Wiping away tears of joy, she enthused, ‘I’m delighted for the girls. It’s been a tough last leg with these winds. Of course it brings back memories. I know how they are feeling and I’m so proud of what they have achieved.’

For Tracy at least, Saturday’s return to Ocean Village was a public opportunity to thank Sarah Duchess of York who had been ‘Godmother’ to the Maiden team during the 1989-90 Whitbread Race for her continued support.

Sailing with a mission

There were memories too for the support the late King Hussein of Jordan. Princess Haya, who was 12 at the time and sponsored Maiden ’s refit for this race, was able to explain to her children the importance of this project in raising funds that have empowered so many girls’ education projects around the world.

Several yachts are still racing. Triana, Galiana With Secure, Evrika and White Shadow have yet to cross the line at Cowes. They are expected to finish line in the next few days.

Follow the race on: https://oceangloberace.com/livetracker/

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