The Ocean Race 2023 was the 14th edition of the round-the-world The Ocean Race. It started in Alicante, Spain.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the organizers to delay the race planned for 2021–22.
Participants A total of 11 boats participated in the race, 5 in the IMOCA 60 class and 6 in the Volvo Ocean 65 class. IMOCA 11th Hour Racing GUYOT environnement - Team Europe Holcim - PRB Charlie Enright (skipper) Justine Mettraux (crew member) Simon Fisher (navigator) Francesca Clapcich (crew member) Jack Bouttell (watch leader) Amory Ross (onboard reporter) Benjamin Dutreux (skipper) Robert Stanjek (skipper) Annie Lush (crew Member) Phillip Kasüske (crew member) Sébastien Simon (crew member) Támara Echegoyen (crew member) Charles Drapeau (onboard reporter) Kevin Escoffier (skipper) Abby Ehler (crew member) Sam Goodchild (crew member) Fabien Delahaye (crew member) Susann Beucke (crew member) Tom Laperche (crew member) Julien Champolion (onboard reporter) Team Malizia Biotherm Racing Boris Herrmann (skipper) Will Harris (crew member) Nicolas Lunven (crew member) Rosalin Kuiper (crew member) Axelle Pillain (crew member) Yann Eliès (crew member) Antoine Auriol (onboard reporter) Paul Meilhat (skipper) Anthony Marchand (crew member) Amélie Grassi (crew member) Damien Seguin (crew member) Samantha Davies (crew member) Ronan Gladu (onboard reporter) Anne Beaugé (onboard reporter) Zhang Minghao (onboard reporter)
VO65 Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team Team JAJO Viva México António Fontes (skipper) Frederico Pinheiro de Melo (crew member) Matilde Pinheiro de Melo (crew member) Mariana Lobato (crew member) Francisca Pinho (crew member) Hélder Basílio (crew member) Diogo Cayolla (crew member) Francisco Maia (crew member) Francisco Cai-Água (crew member) Paulo Mirpuri (crew member) Robin Christol (onboard reporter) Jelmer van Beek (skipper) Rutger Vos (crew member) Jorden van Rooijen (crew member) Bouwe Bekking (crew member) Maja Micińska (crew member) Greg Lowden (crew member) Laura van Veen (crew member) Max Deckers (crew member) Simbad Quiroga (crew member) Joy Eilish Fitzgerald (crew member) Brend Schuil (onboard reporter) Erik Brockmann (skipper) Roberto Bermúdez (crew member) Jaime Arbones (crew member) Juan Varela (crew member) Annemieke Bes (crew member) Carlos Bermúdez (crew member) Tania Elías Calles (crew member) Juan Luís Medina (crew member) Dominique Knüppel (crew member) Ambersail II WindWhisper Racing Team Austrian Ocean Racing p/b Team Genova Rokas Milevičius (skipper) Saulius Pajarskas (crew member) Wiktor Kobryń (crew member) Deimantė Jarmalavičiūtė (crew member) Anastasia Kolesnichenko (crew member) Martin Volkovicki (crew member) Jonas Drąsutavičius (crew member) Domantas Juškevičius (crew member) Sofiia Naumenko (crew member) Martynas Karpavičius (crew member) Sigitas Babilius (onboard reporter) Pablo Arrarte (skipper) Stan Bajerski (crew member) Szymon Cierzan (crew member) Liz Wardley (crew member) Marcin Sutkowski (crew member) Mateusz Gwóźdź (crew member) Magdalena Kwaśna (crew member) Willy Altadill (crew member) Aksel Magdahl (crew member) Arianne van de Loosdrecht (crew member) Antonio Cuervas-Mons (crew member) Tomasz Piotrowski (onboard reporter) Gerwin Jansen (skipper) Jolbert van Dijk (crew member) Ruaridh Wright (crew member) Michiel Goegebeur (crew member) Deborah Blair (crew member) Alberto Riva (crew member) Oliver Kobale (co-skipper/boat captain) Anna Luschan (crew member) Daniel Dagenais-Gaw (crew member) Cecilia Zorzi (crew member) Stefan Leitner (onboard reporter)
Route The route and stopover dates for the 2023 edition have been announced in December 2021. The VO65 class boats only participate in the first and the last two legs, for "The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint Cup".
#eventstart datestart place → finish placedistance01In-port race Alicante02Leg 1 Alicante → Cape Verde03Leg 2 (IMOCA 60 only) Cape Verde → Cape Town 04In-port race (IMOCA 60 only) Cape Town05Leg 3 (IMOCA 60 only) Cape Town → Itajaí 06In-port race (IMOCA 60 only) Itajaí07Leg 4 (IMOCA 60 only) Itajaí → Newport, Rhode Island 08In-port race (IMOCA 60 only) Newport, Rhode Island09Leg 5 (IMOCA 60 only) Newport, Rhode Island → Aarhus 10In-port race Aarhus11Leg 6 Aarhus → The Hague 12In-port race The Hague13Leg 7 The Hague → Genoa 14In-port race Genoa
nmi: nautical miles.
Results
Overall standings Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3* Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Penalty Total Volvo Ocean 65 class WindWhisper Racing Team 6 not part of the Volvo Ocean 65 route 6 6 0 18 Team JAJO 5 4 5 0 14 Austrian Ocean Racing p/b Team Genova 4 3 3 0 10 Viva México 2 2 4 0 8 Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team 0 RET 5 2 0 7 Ambersail 2 3 0 DNS 0 DNS 0 3 IMOCA 60 class 11th Hour Racing Team 4 3 3 35105 4 RED 0 37 Holcim - PRB 5 5 54 0 RET84 3 0 34 Team Malizia 3 2 45 4 6 35 0 32 Biotherm Racing 2 4 2 2 3 4 2 4 0 23 GUYOT environnement - Team Europe 1 10 RET 0 RET 0 DNS 1 0 RET -1 2 Source:Scoreboard *Leg 3 was scored two times. RET - Team retired from the leg DNS - Did not start RED - Redress
In-port series AliCTItaNPAarHagGenTotal Volvo Ocean 65 class WindWhisper Racing Team 6 not part of the Volvo Ocean 65 route 6 5 2 19 Team JAJO 0 DNF 5 6 6 17 Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team 0 DNF 3 4 5 12 Viva México 0 DNF 4 2 4 10 Austrian Ocean Racing p/b Team Genova 0 DNF 2 3 3 8 Ambersail 2 0 DNF 0 DNS 0 DNS 0 DNS 0 IMOCA 60 class 11th Hour Racing Team 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 29 Team Malizia 5 3 3 5 2 3 4 25 Biotherm Racing 3 0 DNS 4 2 5 2 3 19 Holcim - PRB 0 DNF 5 2 3 4 1 2 17 GUYOT environnement - Team Europe 2 2 1 0 DNS 0 DNS 5 0 DNS 10 Source:
DNF - Did not finish
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See also See also
The Ocean Race Europe Ocean Globe Race, a retro race to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Whitbread Round the World Race.