RACES

The IMOCA Globe Series is designed to help prepare skippers for the ultimate test, the Vendée Globe.

2025 - 2029 MAJOR RACES

THE OCEAN RACE EUROPE

10 AUG 2025

This 2000nm race is sailed with 4 crew members on board, which must include 1 female and 2 nationalities, plus an onboard reporter.

Starting in Kiel, Germany the race is divided into legs with stops in Portsmouth, UK; Carthagena, Spain; Genoa, Italy and finishing in Boka Bay, Montenegro.

This second edition of the race will start on 10th August 2025, with the goal to connect Europe whilst supporting restoration of ocean health.

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KIEL (START)

BOKA BAY (FINISH)

GENOVA

PORTSMOUTH

CARTAGENA

THE OCEAN RACE ATLANTIC

AUG 2026

The Ocean Race Atlantic is new to the racing calendar in 2026. It is also the only point to point race in the Ocean Race series, starting in New York and finishing in Barcelona.

The 3200 nm course will for the first time be sailed by equally mixed teams comprising of 2 x female and 2 x male crews.

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BARCELONA (FINISH)

NEW YORK (START)

THE OCEAN RACE WORLD

JAN 2027

This will be the 15th edition of the Ocean Race- Round the World route, first established in 1973.

This 32,000nm race with start and finish in Alicante, Spain with a series of global stopovers (TBC). In conjunction with its Racing With Purpose programme the Ocean Race actively engages with cutting-edge scientific research.

Crews will be mixed with at least 1 x female on board, plus an onboard reporter to capture the experience for supporters.

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ALICATE (FINISH)

AMAALA (FINISH)

THE VENDÉE GLOBE

10 NOV 2028

SOLO

The Vendée Globe is a single-handed (solo) non-stop round the world yacht race. It is considered an extreme quest of individual endurance and the ultimate test in ocean racing.

The race starts and finishes in Les Sables d'Olonne. The course is a circumnavigation along the clipper route: down the Atlantic Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope; then clockwise around Antarctica, keeping Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn to port; then back to Les Sables d’Olonne.

Competitors will face the rough seas of the Southern Ocean as well as the windless Doldrums.

The race generally covers approximately 24,000 nautical miles (44,000 km) and runs from November through to February. In its 10 year history, 200 competitors have started, but only 114 have finished, earning it the nickname 'the Everest of the Seas'.