The 2023-24 Ocean Globe Race fleet is finishing the penultimate leg which extended 6500 nm from Auckland, New Zealand to Punta del Este, Uruguay. The 73-foot Pen Duick VI (FRA), skippered by Marie Tabarly, was the elapsed time winner when they finished on February 13, while it was the Swan 53 Triana (FRA) with skipper Jean d’Arthuys which claimed overall honors.
As one of the smallest yachts in the fleet, Trina’s finish on February 17 after 34 days and six hours took the coveted first in IRC and fifth in line honors.
“It’s incredible, one year ago I was allowed to enter the race after registration had closed and I was the last entrant,” said d’Arthuys. “Back then I couldn’t imagine this. The first goal was to be on the start line and I never dreamed of winning the Cape Horn leg. It’s the Sayula story all over again, winning against the big fish. But I have an amazing crew. Just amazing. They are perfect.”
The overall standings have been shuffled when race leader Translated 9 retired from Leg 3 after being forced to divert to the Falkland Islands due to cracks in the hull of the Swan 65. The team is hopeful they can make repairs and start the final leg from Punta del Este, Uruguay to Southhampton, UK on March 5.
The 2023-24 Ocean Globe Race (OGR) is a fully crewed, retro race, in the spirit of the 1973 Whitbread Round the World Race, marking the 50th Anniversary of the original event. Racing without computers, GPS, and high-tech materials, they navigate with sextants and paper charts. Seven of the fleet are former Whitbread competitors.
Starting in Southampton (UK) on September 10, the OGR is a 27,000-mile sprint around the Globe, divided into four legs that passes south of the three great Capes. The fleet is divided in three classes with stop-overs in Cape Town, South Africa; Auckland, New Zealand; and Punta del Este, Uruguay before returning to Southhampton in April 2024.
2023-24 Ocean Globe Race:
FIRST LEG: Start 10 September 2023. 7800 miles. First boats finish 9-21 October 2023.
SECOND LEG: Start 5 November 2023. 7250 miles. First boats finish 14-23 December 2023.
THIRD LEG: Start 14 January 2024. 6500 miles. First boats finish 9-14 February 2024.
FOURTH LEG: Start 5 March. 6550 miles. Finish 1-10 April 2024.
