Ocean Globe Race 2023

Pen Duick VI is taking the long way home back to Lorient, through the Caribbean and a visit to Newport R.I. Photo Martin Keruzoré
By Ocean Globe Race 2023
15/02/2023 - 10:04

The Ocean Globe Race seven months out

On September 8, 1973, the first ever Whitbread Race around the world set out. 17 teams, virtually all amateur, in a mix of production boats and dedicated racing machines faced the unknown in this world's first fully crewed challenge around the globe

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Djemila steers the White Shadow Picture Credit: White Shadow / Michele Casagrande.
By Ocean Globe Race 2023
09/01/2023 - 14:16

Ocean Globe Race 2023: the last race around Cape Horn by humans

Autopilots are the realm of solo sailors. Today it is impossible for a human to fly sophisticated military jets without computer assistance

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A lot of fun when Don onboard OGR2023 Adventure Class Finnish Entry: Tapio Lehtinen Sailing Team's SWAN 55 (HULL NO. 2) GALIANA. Picture Credit: Tapio Lehtinen Sailing
By Ocean Globe Race 2023
13/12/2022 - 19:26

Don McIntyre: We need you, to race around the world

In what may be a last chance for sailors to sign up for the 2023 Ocean Globe Race around the world, Don McIntyre, organiser of the event and Captain Coconut, are looking for crew to sail with them in the OGR

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Auckland has always been part of the Whitbread since the second edition in 1977. Photo Credit: Tātaki Auckland Unlimited
By Ocean Globe Race 2023
04/10/2022 - 11:18

Ocean Globe Race: Auckland and Punta del Este confirmed ports

"Following years of negotiations with many ports we are excited to finally announce that Cape Town, Auckland and Punta del Este are marks of the course, all cities rooted into the DNA of the original Whitbread

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Tapio and OGR 2023 crews behind, sitting with local optimist sailors, future crews for OGR 2031! Photo Credit: Aïda Valceanu.
By Ocean Globe Race 2023
23/06/2022 - 15:03

Finnish Round the World Racing tradition continues in the 2023 OGR

Helsinki hosted a 2023 Ocean Globe Race Press Conference in the HSS yacht club, one of the most distinguished yacht clubs in Finland, founded in 1893

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