IMOCA Fully Crewed Racing Articles
The Ocean Race Atlantic 2026: Lorient Set as the Finish Line for a New Offshore Classic Some races follow history. Others start writing it. The first edition of The Ocean Race Atlantic was firmly in the second category — and with the finish now confirmed in Lorient, the shape of this new offshore test became very clear. This wasn’t just another crossing.
It was a statement.
New York to Lorient — A Route With Meaning The fleet was set to leave New York City on September 1st, pointing east across roughly 3,000 nautical miles of North Atlantic water — a route as historic as it is unforgiving.
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Across the Atlantic. No soft miles
17-05-2026
IMOCA 2026 Season: Five Races, One Brutal Standard If you want to understand where offshore sailing really lives now — you don’t look at one race.
You look at the calendar. And in 2026, the IMOCA class didn’t just put together a season — it built a proper test piece.
Five races. Different formats. Different pressures.
Same outcome: if you weren’t ready, you were going to get found out.
At the centre of it all, Class President Antoine Mermod looked ahead to his ninth season at the helm with a simple message — the numbers might ebb and flow, but the level never drops.
16-05-2026
The IMOCA Class entered 2026 with a five-race calendar blending solo endurance and fully-crewed intensity, setting the stage for one of the most demanding and technically advanced offshore seasons yet.
16-05-2026
A 14,000-Mile Opening Statement: The Ocean Race 2027 Raises the Bar from Alicante to Auckland
With less than a year to go, The Ocean Race has fired a clear warning shot across the bows of the offshore world. When the fleet leaves Alicante on 17 January 2027, crews won’t be easing into the race — they’ll be thrown straight into the longest opening leg in the event’s 53-year history.
06-03-2026
A 14,000-Mile Opening Statement: The Ocean Race 2027 Raises the Bar from Alicante to Auckland
With less than a year to go, The Ocean Race has fired a clear warning shot across the bows of the offshore world. When the fleet leaves Alicante on 17 January 2027, crews won’t be easing into the race — they’ll be thrown straight into the longest opening leg in the event’s 53-year history.
06-03-2026