#imocas

Yacht Club de Monaco returns to legendary fully crewed offshore race At 04:10pm sharp on Sunday, January 15, 2023, the gun fired for the start of The Ocean Race from Alicante, Spain, for the 5 IMOCA boats and 6 Volvo 65s including the 5 team members sailing on Malizia-Seaexplorer helmed by Boris Herrmann from Yacht Club de Monaco. The former Whitbread Round The World Race continues to thrill 50…

Frankly, using the IMOCA foils in the Southern Ocean on a super LONG leg seems to me a recipe for disaster because the ability to slow down and not speed up is key.

Talk about alarms ringing and being in continual crisis management on the boats. Thank g*d they are using an autopilot to steer the boats, because the crews have enough to contend with…And let’s not talk about difficulties eating, drinking, being sea sick while attending to one’s natural needs combined with the biggest sleep deficits known to sailors.

Anyway, I sincerely hope that I am wrong about this iteration of The Ocean Race. Especially since they have announced that the IMOCAs will be used for the next iteration of the The Ocean Race and the The Ocean Race Europe as well.