Shrinking lead in the ocean race

(March 7, 2023; Day 10) – It’s an interesting day in The Ocean Race with quick moving weather making for a day of transitions in the southern latitudes. The big winner over the past 24 hours

is second placed Biotherm, who have gained over 30 miles on Team Holcim-PRB. See on board Biotherm with Sam Davies: click here At the other end of the spectrum, 11th Hour Racing Team appear

to be in danger of dropping off the back of a weather system and are making a noticeable dive to the south, toward the southern edge of the race course defined by the ice exclusion zone. A

reduced sail wardrobe due to ongoing repairs has meant the team has struggled to hold on with the chasing pack and stay in the same weather system. Leg 3 is divided into two parts, each

scored separately, with teams expected to arrive at the first scoring gate on March 13, but notably the routing shows compression in the fleet, with the teams arriving much closer together

than they are today. Benjamin Dutreux’s GUYOT environnement Team Europe has confirmed they will pull out of this leg and focus on making repairs to their boat to be ready to rejoin the race

for Leg 4 in Itajai, Brazil. LEG THREE RANKINGS AT 20:00 UTC 1. Team Holcim-PRB, distance to finish, 9764.0 nm 2. Biotherm, distance to lead, 399.4 nm 3. Team Malizia, distance to lead,

502.8 nm 4. 11th Hour Racing Team, distance to lead, 572.9 bnm _GUYOT environnement – Suspended racing_ Race details – Route – Tracker – Teams – Content from the boats – YouTube

------------------------- IMOCA: BOAT, DESIGN, SKIPPER, LAUNCH DATE • Guyot Environnement – Team Europe (VPLP Verdier); Benjamin Dutreux (FRA)/Robert Stanjek (GER); September 1, 2015 • 11th

Hour Racing Team (Guillaume Verdier); Charlie Enright (USA); August 24, 2021 • Holcim-PRB (Guillaume Verdier); Kevin Escoffier (FRA); May 8, 2022 • Team Malizia (VPLP); Boris Herrmann (GER);

July 19, 2022 • Biotherm (Guillaume Verdier); Paul Meilhat (FRA); August 31 2022 THE OCEAN RACE 2022-23 RACE SCHEDULE: Alicante, Spain – Leg 1 (1900 nm) start: January 15, 2023 Cabo Verde –

ETA: January 22; Leg 2 (4600 nm) start: January 25 Cape Town, South Africa – ETA: February 9; Leg 3 (12750 nm) start: February 26 Itajaí, Brazil – ETA: April 1; Leg 4 (5500 nm) start: April

23 Newport, RI, USA – ETA: May 10; Leg 5 (3500 nm) start: May 21 Aarhus, Denmark – ETA: May 30; Leg 6 (800 nm) start: June 8 Kiel, Germany (Fly-By) – June 9 The Hague, The Netherlands –

ETA: June 11; Leg 7 (2200 nm) start: June 15 Genova, Italy – The Grand Finale – ETA: June 25, 2023; Final In-Port Race: July 1, 2023 The Ocean Race (formerly Volvo Ocean Race and Whitbread

Round the World Race) was initially to be raced in two classes of boats: the high-performance, foiling, IMOCA 60 class and the one-design VO65 class which has been used for the last two

editions of the race. However, only the IMOCAs will be racing round the world while the VO65s will race in The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint which competes in Legs 1, 6, and 7 of The Ocean Race

course. Additionally, The Ocean Race also features the In-Port Series with races at seven of the course’s stopover cities around the world which allow local fans to get up close and personal

to the teams as they battle it out around a short inshore course. Although in-port races do not count towards a team’s overall points score, they do play an important part in the overall

rankings as the In-Port Race Series standings are used to break any points ties that occur during the race around the world. The 14th edition of The Ocean Race was originally planned for

2021-22 but was postponed one year due to the pandemic, with the first leg starting on January 15, 2023. _Source: The Ocean Race_