The race
in brief

Eagle-eyed viewers of the tracker will notice that 11th Hour Racing stopped and retraced its tracks around 1700 UTC on Sunday, November 2. The reason for this was because the seal on our liferaft had been accidentally broken. As soon as we discovered what had happened, we informed the Race Directors who gave us a 30-minute penalty in accordance with the Sailing Instructions. To execute the penalty, we sailed through an imaginary line, and then 30 minutes later, passed back through that same line, in the same direction. It’s frustrating as we have been fighting hard to keep up with Charal, but it was important that we cleared the penalty as early as possible, got back to full speed, and to our battle at the front of the fleet.

"Hi everyone, I hope that you had a wonderful night in your warm, comfy bed for us. The story on New Europe was quite a bit different…." message send by Bérénice Charrez to her friends In this captivating account, Bérénice Charrez plunges us into the heart of the adrenaline rush and challenges encountered while crossing a relentless weather front aboard the Imoca New Europe. Through a raw and sincere narrative, she gives us the details of an epic battle against the elements, where every hour counts and every decision has consequences.

On the night of October 25-26, after the Ocean Fifty boats set off from Le Havre to Normandy on the Transat Café L'Or, three of them capsized in the difficult waters of the English Channel. Six sailors were trapped beneath their upturned hulls, water up to their chins, breathless with fear. This is the story and testimony of a night when the sea robbed them of their transatlantic dream and no doubt left long term mental scars.

The race will continue in a shorter format than planned: the detour via Ascension has been canceled, and the San Pedro and San Paolo archipelago will therefore be their last waypoint before reaching Martinique.

The ETA for the large trimarans is now set for November 6 in Fort-de-France.