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  1. Whitbread Race Redux

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  3. Winning whitbread sailing race hi-res stock photography and images

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  4. Steinlager 2: On board Sir Peter Blake’s refitted Whitbread champion

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  5. Flyer: The inside story of this Whitbread winner’s amazing restoration

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  1. Whitbread Round The World Race 1997 BBC start live

  2. Fairwind Sailboat R/C race

  3. April 12, 2008 Allatoona Sailboat Race

  4. 26' and under sailboat race Port Townsend Sept 2012

  5. Newport Bermuda Race 2012 You Tube HD

  6. J35 North American Championship

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  1. The Ocean Race

    The Ocean Race is a round-the-world yacht race that started as Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973 and became Volvo Ocean Race in 2001. Learn about the race history, the yacht types, the routes, and the records of this challenging sailing event.

  2. Ocean Globe Race

    The Ocean Globe Race (OGR) is a fully crewed retro race in the spirit of the 1973 Whitbread Round the World Race. It marks the 50th anniversary of the original event and celebrates the human endeavour of sailing on normal yachts with no high-tech materials.

  3. 2023 Ocean Globe Race: The Whitbread Race is back!

    The Ocean Globe Race is a retro challenge for sailors and yacht owners who want to follow the original Clipper ship route around the world, with limited technology and no foiling. The race starts from a European port on September 10th 2023 and follows the four-leg course of the first Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973.

  4. Golden Globe Race

    The spirit of the Whitbread Round the World Race is back with the announcement of the 2023 OCEAN GLOBE RACE, a retro event starting from a European port on September 10th 2023, celebrating the 50th anniversary of this major milestone in adventure sailing. In a world now dominated by professional sailors, foiling yachts and eye-watering budgets.

  5. Ocean Globe Race

    The Ocean Globe Race 2023 is a retro edition of the classic sailing race around the world, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Whitbread Race. The race will start from Ocean Village Southampton on 10 September 2023, with 15 yachts and no GPS, no high-tech equipment and no computers.

  6. The 2023-24 Ocean Globe Race

    The Ocean Globe Race 2023-24 is a retro-style circumnavigation in the spirit of the 1973 Whitbread Round the World Race. Follow the 14 yachts from 23 countries as they race without modern technology, facing challenges and adventures along the way.

  7. The Whitbread round the world race

    The Whitbread round the World race. Sailing pioneers Francis Chichester, Alec Rose and Robin Knox-Johnston had already done it single-handedly, but a race round the world for fully crewed yachts ...

  8. Ocean Globe Race

    The Ocean Globe Race is a retro edition of the historic Whitbread Round the World Race, starting in Southampton in 2023 and finishing in the UK in 2024. The race will visit Cape Town, Auckland and Punta del Este, and sail under International Collision Regulations.

  9. Whitbread history strong in Ocean Globe Race 50th celebration

    The legendary Whitbread Round The World Race will forever be linked to Great Britain with those iconic images of 17 classic yachts sailing down the Solent into the unknown. It was the start of the first ever fully crewed yacht race around the world on September 8th, 1973. No one knew what would happen.

  10. History, Facts & Figures

    Learn about the origins, milestones and records of the Whitbread Round the World Race, now known as The Ocean Race, since 1973. Discover the stories of the sailors, boats, routes and challenges that have shaped the history of this iconic offshore race.

  11. The Ocean Race

    The Ocean Race is the world's toughest test of a team, sailing around the globe in various classes and formats. Find out the latest news, articles, videos and photos of the upcoming races in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

  12. 2023 Ocean Globe Race set to be the World's biggest ever

    The Ocean Globe Race 2023 will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Whitbread Round the World Race, with 34 yachts sailing production yachts designed before 1988. The race will start in Europe in September 2023 and stop over in South Africa, Australia and South America, with no modern high-tech equipment or computers.

  13. The Ocean Race

    The Ocean Race is a fully crewed round the world race that started as the Whitbread Race and became the Volvo Ocean Race. Learn about the new edition in 2023, featuring IMOCA 60s and VO65s, and ...

  14. Ocean Globe Race

    This retro Ocean Globe Race (OGR) takes to the high seas with 14 teams on September 10th from Southampton, following the same route as the clipper ships and the inaugural 1973 Whitbread Race in similar, affordable yachts. The Ocean Globe Race is the future of accessible around the world ocean yacht racing for any sailor and has a huge future.

  15. 'Maiden' Documentary Tracks All-Female Crew Who 'Sailed Into The ...

    In 1989, Edwards, then 26-years-old, assembled an all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race. The idea was unthinkable to many of the men in the world of yacht-racing, and ...

  16. 'Maiden': Groundbreaking 1989 Sailing Race For All-Female Crew

    A new documentary tells the story of the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World sailing race in 1989. The crew was led by a 24-year-old and the boat was called Maiden.

  17. Tracy Edwards' Maiden to compete in the new retro Whitbread Round the

    Tracy Edwards has announced that her 58ft Bruce Farr-designed Maiden will race in the Ocean Globe Race, the retro Whitbread Round the World Race. Tracy Edwards made history in 1989 as the skipper of the first all female crew to sail around the world in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. Maiden won two legs and came second overall in her ...

  18. From the Whitbread to The Ocean Race: Shifting mentalities on

    How has The Ocean Race evolved from a race that dumped waste in the sea to a race that promotes ocean health and rights? Learn about the changes in mentalities, practices and innovations in the crewed round-the-world race, from the first Whitbread in 1973 to the next edition in 2023.

  19. 1989-1990 Whitbread Round the World Race

    The 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race was run from Southampton to Southampton in 1989-90. It was run with several classes of yacht. Steinlager 2 skippered by Peter Blake won the race easily. For the first time since 1981-82 (when the race comprised just four legs), the victor won every leg in their division (albeit closely chased by both Grant Dalton's Fisher & Paykel NZ and Pierre ...

  20. Maiden

    In 1989, Tracy Edwards skippered the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, becoming the first woman to receive the Yachtsman of the Year Trophy. At 11am on September 2, 1989, Maiden approached the start line for the Whitbread Round the World Race. They set off among the 22-strong fleet to begin the first leg to ...

  21. Portsmouth named UK host of The Ocean Race Europe 2025

    The major sailing event falls under the banner of The Ocean Race, the historic offshore around the world race first held in 1973 as the Whitbread Round the World Race which started and finished in Portsmouth. The Ocean Race Europe will start on Sunday 10 August, 2025 from Kiel, Germany.

  22. Live Tracker

    The Ocean Globe Race takes to the high seas in 2023. Latest News: 2023 McIntyre Ocean Globe Prize giving! Time Until 2027 Race Start. days hrs mins secs Home; News; The Race. Overview; Route; Race Rules; FAQs; Sponsors; Globe Yacht Club; Notice of Race; O°G°R Forum; Support the Race; OGR2027. OGR2027; Boats for Sale; History. 1970s. 1973-74 ...

  23. Maiden (yacht)

    Maiden is a 58 foot (18 m) aluminium ocean racing yacht built in 1979, designed by Bruce Farr and raced by Pierre Fehlmann, Bertie Reed, Tracy Edwards and John Bankart. Edwards bought the yacht in 1987 to compete in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race with an all-female crew. The yacht achieved good results and broke records, leading to Edwards becoming the first female winner of the ...