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International ocean racing teams from around the world are assembling in Lorient, France this week ahead of the start of the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe on Saturday May 29. 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. […]
24th May 2021
11th Hour Racing Team sailing in Concarneau, France in the lead-up to the start of The Ocean Race Europe
Credit: Amory Ross/11th Hour Racing
International ocean racing teams from around the world are assembling in Lorient, France this week ahead of the start of the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe this Saturday 29 May.
Designed to showcase professional, fully-crewed offshore racing, the new European multi-stage race has attracted a top-tier entry of 12 teams representing nine countries.
The race is open to two classes of high-performance ocean-going racing yachts: the 65-foot one-design VO65 and the 60-foot development rule IMOCA 60. Both classes of boat are capable of high speeds and in the right conditions can cover 600 nautical miles or more in 24-hours.
Pip said: “Medallia and I have had a fantastic partnership over the last year - they made a huge difference to my 2020/21 Vendée Globe race when they joined my campaign just five months before the start of the race. “So having them with me now, at the very start of my 2024 campaign is brilliant - their support has given me the chance to secure the boat that will take me round the world in about three years’ time. “I’m now determined to spend those years training, upgrading and finessing and I can’t wait to see what Medallia and I will achieve together in the lead up to the next Vendée.”
British Vendee Globe Skipper Pip Hare Has a New Medallia for 2024 Race
17th May 2021
British skipper Pip Hare will be racing again in the 2024 Vendee Globe race
British skipper Pip Hare and her sponsors Medallia have confirmed they are the new owners of the IMOCA Bureau Vallée 2 which Louis Burton sailed to third place on the Vendée Globe which has just finished and which Armel Le Cléac’h sailed to victory in 2016-17 in a record time of 74 days 3 hours. The purchase of this well proven successful IMOCA represents a massive step towards the 2024 Vendée Globe for Hare, 47, who has worked relentlessly to achieve this goal since she finished in 19th place back on 12th February.