The Barcelona World Race is a non-stop, round-the-world yacht race for crews of two, sailed on Open 60 IMOCA monohull boats. Following the Clipper route, it starts and finishes in Barcelona, and is organised by the Barcelona Ocean Sailing Foundation (FNOB).
The inaugural race, contested in 2007–08 by nine boats, was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall on the boat Paprec-Virbac 2 in a time of 92 days.
The second edition of the race started on 31 December 2010 and was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and Loïck Peyron on Virbac-Paprec 3 in a time of 93 days 22 hours 20 minutes 36 seconds.
The third edition of the race started with eight boats on 31 December 2014 and was won by Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam on Cheminées Poujoulat in a time of 84 days 5 hours 50 minutes 25 seconds. Guillermo Altadill and José Muñoz finished second on Neutrogena.
The fourth edition of the race was intended to start from Barcelona on 12 January 2019, but on 29 March 2018 the organisers announced that the race had been suspended, due to political instability, citing political and institutional difficulties in Spain. The ongoing crisis in Catalonia had prevented FNOB from being able to make the necessary guarantees to sponsors. They hoped to reorganise the race for 2022-2023. There has been no public statement since.
With the introduction of the IMOCA 60 in the 2023 The Ocean Race a revival of the Barcelona World Race is not expected.
1st Edition 2007-2008 Results Place Boat Skippers Time Notes Ref 1 Paprec Virbac 2 92d 09h 49m 49s 2 Hugo Boss 2 94d 17h 34m 57s 3 Temenos II 98d 06h 09m 10s 4 Mutua Madrileña 99d 12h 18m 40s 5 Educación sin Fronteras 108 j 18 h 55 min 02 s DNF Veolia Environnement Abandon on 17 December DNF Estrella Damm Abandon in 14 December DNF Delta Dore Abandon on 11 December DNF PRB 3 Abandon on 8 December :Mast Damage retired to cape town
2nd Edition 2010-2011
Results Team Arrival TimePositionName of BoatDateDateTimeAverage Speed1Virbac Paprec 34 April 201193d 22h 02m 36s12,92Mapfre5 April 201194d 21h 17m 35s12,633Renault ZE Pachi RiveroAntonio Piris 8 April 201197d 18h 47m 36s4Estrella Damm (2)Alex PellaPepe Ribes9 April 201198d 20h 45m 59s5Neutrogena10 April 2011100d 03h 13m 25s11,596GAES Centros Auditivos 13 April 2011102d 19h 17m 18s7Hugo Boss 3 Andy Meiklejohn21 April 2011111d 10h 49m 23s10,938Forum Maritim CatalaGerard MarínLudovic Aglaor22 April 2011112d 07h 17m 24s10,639We Are WaterJaume MumbrúCali Sanmartí12 May 2011132d 04h 58m 32s9,54 AbandonMirabaudMichèle ParetAbandonGroupe Bel Kito de PavantSébastien AudiganeAbandonCentral Lechera AsturianaJuan MeredizFran PalacioAbandonFoncia 2 AbandonPrésident
3rd Edition 2014-2015
Results Team Arrival TimePositionName of BoatDateDateTimeAverage Speed1Cheminées Poujoulat25 March 201584d 05h 50 min 25 s13,822NeutrogenaJose Muñoz31 March 201589d 11h 47m 00s12,943GAES Centros AuditivosGerard Marín1 April 201591d 05h 09m 28s12,854One Planet, One Ocean & PharmatonAlex Gelabert8 April 201598d 09h 12m 09s11,775We are water (2)Willy Garcia9 April 201599d 03h 06m 28s9,806Renault CapturJörg RiechersSebastien Audigane16 April 2015105d 23h 35m 22 s9,177Spirit of Hungary21 April 2015110d 10h 59m 40s8,80AbandonHugo Boss (5)Alex ThomsonPepe Ribes
References
External links
Official Race Website