Close Finishes in Alicante Leave It All Square at Top of The Ocean Race Europe’s leaderboards
9th June 2021
Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team coasts into Alicante at the finish of Leg Two of The Ocean Race Europe
Credit: Sailing Energy/The Ocean Race
The second leg of The Ocean Race Europe finished in Alicante, Spain early this morning (Wednesday 9 June) with the Mirpuri and LinkedOut teams at the top of their respective classes after three days of tight racing between the 12 international crews since they left Cascais, Portugal on Sunday afternoon (6 June).
Leg 2 proved to be a challenging affair with the professional ocean racing teams facing a wide range of conditions along the 700-nautical mile course which finished in the home port of The Ocean Race, which is also the start venue for the round-the-world race in October 2022.
It was not the start they were looking for, but 11th Hour Racing Team is back out on the water and has resumed racing in Leg 2 of The Ocean Race Europe, following an incident shortly after the IMOCA 60 fleet crossed the start line for Alicante, Spain.
Two miles after the scheduled start of the race, the Team caught the anchor line of a small motorboat with their port foil. There were no injuries onboard the motorboat and the team immediately sent a RIB alongside to ensure its safe return back to port, which it did unassisted.
The 11th Hour Racing Team IMOCA 60 also returned to Cascais where the damaged foil was removed from the boat and a foil plate inserted in its place.