Barcelona World Race

The regatta Barcelona World Race is an ocean race sailboat with two -person crews. The route leads from Barcelona ( Spain) without intermediate stops and without the help of third parties once around the world and back to Barcelona, which corresponds to a distance of 25,000 nautical miles. The world is eastward (ie, in the faster due to winds and currents direction) surrounded and accordingly left after passing through the Straits of Gibraltar, the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn to port or starboard Antarctica. At least 2010/11 were also virtual "gates" ( distances between certain coordinates) determined that were to happen. This route was defined more precisely and, for example, prevents the boat too far abkürzten in the Antarctic circumnavigation in the dangerous south.

The race is on boats Class Open 60 - ie 60 -foot monohull IMOCA according to guidelines - is discharged. It takes place in the three-year Tournus place since 2007 / 08 and each will start in November or December.

Despite the basic " non-stop " - and "no -assistance " nature of the regatta boats must insert in ports and stops there for repairs also help (or spare parts) accept without being disqualified. Until the passing of the Cape of Good Hope ( Regatta 2010 /11) are the boats for intermediate stops only with the loss of time - punished - by the start of the port and the time spent there. After passing the cape may Boats, calling at a port, at least 48 hours to expire again ( time penalty ). For example, the eventual winner 2010/11 was necessary repairs first to Brazil ( waste of time ) and then New Zealand ( loss of time and time penalty ).

The individual regattas

  • 2010 (December 31 ) / 2011 (April 4 ) 1st place: Jean -Pierre Dick ( France) Loick Peyron & (France) on Virbac - Paprec 3 (93 T 22 hr 20 min 36 sec; Dick won in 2007 / 08)
  • 2nd place: Iker Martínez (Spain ) & Xabi Fernández ( Spain) on Mapfre (94 T 21 hr 17 min 35 sec, while boat Mapfre is the renamed Foncia, with the Michel Desjoyeaux 2008 Vendée Globe won - Desjoyeaux even used now a newer boat, however, also under the name Foncia )
  • 3rd place: Pachi Rivero - Antonio Piris on " Renault ZE " in 97 d 18 h 47 m 36 s
  • 4th place: Alex Pella - Pepe Ribes on " Estrella Damm Sailing Team " in 98 d 20 h 45 m 59 s
  • 5th place: Boris Herrmann - Ryan Breymaier to " Neutrogena " in 100 d 3 h 13 m 25 s (first German participants)
  • 6th place: Denise Caffari - Anna Corbella on " GAES Centros Auditivos " in 102 j 19 h 17 m 18 s
  • 7th place: Wouter Verbraak - Andy Meiklejohn on " Hugo Boss" in 111 j 10 h 49 m 23 s
  • 8th Place: Gerard Marín - Ludovic Aglaor on "Forum Maritim Catala " in 112 j 7 h 17 m 24 s
  • 9th place: Jaume Mumbrú - Cali Sanmartí on "We Are Water " in 132 j 4 h 58 m 32 s
  • Participation: a total of 14 boats, including Michel Desjoyeaux ( Foncia; broken mast on January 26 in second position ), Jean Le Cam ( Président; broken mast on January 10 in eighth position, official termination two days later ); more abortions Groupe Bel ( starting from Ushuaia on March 9 due to keel damage in first 5th position, after examination at the port termination on 11 March) and Mirabaud ( broken mast on March 12 in 6th position, official termination on 17 March ) and " Central Lechera Asturiana " ( broken mast ).
  • For last year's runner Alex Thomson ( Hugo Boss) jumped due to its acute appendectomy two days before race start another ( co) Skipper; Thomson should have been loaded later, according to the race committee, because of his newborn son's health problems were the Briton his participation but finally on
  • 2007 (November 11 ) / 2008 1st place: Jean- Pierre Dick (France ) & Damian Foxall (Ireland ) on Paprec - Virbac 2 (92 t 8 hours 49 min 49 sec)
  • 2nd Place: Alex Thomson ( UK ) & Andrew Cape (Australia) Hugo Boss ( 94 T 17 hr 34 min 57 sec)
  • 3rd place Dominique Wavre ( Switzerland ) & Michèle Paret (France) on Temenos II (98 T 6 hr 9 min 10 sec)
  • A total of nine boats, including 4 terminations (including Vincent Riou Sébastien Josse &, both France, on PRB, after mast breakage)
Alex Thomson (sailor) Port and starboard Olympic sailing classes International Monohull Open Classes Association
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