Barcelona World Race
The Barcelona World Race is a high seas regatta around the world for sailboats with two-man teams, so it belongs to so-called two - handed sailing . The route leads from Barcelona (Spain) around the world and back to Barcelona without stopping and without the help of third parties, which corresponds to a distance of 25,000 nautical miles . The world is circled eastward (i.e. in the direction faster due to winds and currents) and accordingly, after passing the Strait of Gibraltar, the Cape of Good Hope , Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn is left on port and the Antarctic is left on starboard . In addition, at least 2010/11, virtual “gates” (routes between certain coordinates) were set which had to be passed. As a result, the route was determined more precisely and, for example, prevented the boats from shortening too far into the dangerous south while circumnavigating the Antarctic.
The race is on boats of Class Open 60 - d. H. 60 feet long monohulls in accordance with IMOCA guidelines. It has taken place in the three-year tour since 2007/08 and starts in November or December.
Despite the basic "non-stop" and "no-assistance" character of the regatta, the boats are allowed to make intermediate stops in ports and to accept help (or spare parts) for repairs without being disqualified. Until they pass the Cape of Good Hope (regatta 2010/11), the boats are only punished for stopping by the loss of time - due to the call at the port and the time spent there. After passing the cape, boats calling at a port may not leave the port again before 48 hours at the earliest (time penalty). For example, the eventual winner 2010/11 first went to Brazil for necessary repairs (pure loss of time) and then New Zealand (loss of time and time penalty).
The individual regattas
The 2019 regatta was canceled due to political instability in Spain. The next regatta is planned for 2022/2023.
2014/2015
The regatta ran from December 31st. Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam were the winners in 84 days at 5:50:25 ".
2010/11
The regatta ran from December 31, 2010 to April 4, 2011.
Participation:
- 14 boats in total, including Michel Desjoyeaux ( Foncia ; broken mast on January 26th in second position), Jean Le Cam ( President ; broken mast on January 10th in eighth position, official demolition two days later); further demolitions by Groupe Bel ( call at Ushuaia on March 9th due to damage to the keel, initially in 5th position; demolition on March 11th after an investigation in the port) and Mirabaud (mast broken on March 12th in 6th position, official demolition on 17th March) and "Central Lechera Asturiana" (broken mast).
- Another (co-) skipper jumped in for last year's second Alex Thomson ( Hugo Boss ) due to his acute appendix operation two days before the start of the regatta; According to the regatta management, Thomson could have been substituted again later, but due to health problems of his newborn son, the Briton finally gave up his participation
Results:
- 1st place: Jean-Pierre Dick (France) & Loïck Peyron (France) on Virbac-Paprec 3 (93 T 22 hours 20 minutes 36 seconds; Dick already won in 2007/08)
- 2nd place: Iker Martínez (Spain) & Xabier Fernández (Spain) on Mapfre (94 hours 21 hours 17 minutes 35 seconds; the boat Mapfre is the renamed Foncia , with which Michel Desjoyeaux won the Vendée Globe in 2008 - Desjoyeaux himself now uses one newer boat, but also under the name Foncia )
- 3rd place: Pachi Rivero - Antonio Piris on "Renault ZE" in 97 hours 18 hours 47 minutes 36 seconds
- 4th place: Alex Pella - Pepe Ribes on "Estrella Damm Sailing Team" in 98 T 20 hours 45 minutes 59 seconds
- 5th place: Boris Herrmann - Ryan Breymaier on "Neutrogena" in 100 hours 3 hours 13 minutes 25 seconds (first German participant)
- 6th place: Denise Caffari - Anna Corbella on "GAES Centros Auditivos" in 102 hours 19 hours 17 minutes 18 seconds
- 7th place: Wouter Verbraak - Andy Meiklejohn on "Hugo Boss" in 111 T 10 hours 49 minutes 23 seconds
- 8th place: Gerard Marín - Ludovic Aglaor on "Forum Maritim Catala" in 112 hours 7 hours 17 minutes 24 seconds
- 9th place: Jaume Mumbrú - Cali Sanmartí on "We Are Water" in 132 T 4 hours, 58 minutes 32 seconds
2007/08
The regatta ran from November 11, 2007 to February 11, 2008.
Participation:
- 9 boats in total, 4 of which were demolished (including Vincent Riou & Sébastien Josse, both France, on PRB , after a mast break)
Results:
- 1st place: Jean-Pierre Dick (France) & Damian Foxall (Ireland) on Paprec-Virbac 2 (92 T 8 hours 49 minutes 49 seconds)
- 2nd place: Alex Thomson (Great Britain) & Andrew Cape (Australia) in Hugo Boss (94 T 17 hours 34 minutes 57 seconds)
- 3rd place Dominique Wavre (Switzerland) & Michèle Paret (France) in Temenos II (98 T 6 hours 9 min 10 sec)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History of the Barcelona World Race on the regatta homepage.
- ↑ no author details (January 26, 2011). Les explications de Michel Desjoyeaux et François Gabart: Foncia abandonne. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.bacelonaworldrace.com (French; accessed January 26, 2011)
- ↑ no author details (January 11, 2011). Alex Thomson postpones joining Hugo Boss. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. CowesOnline (accessed January 11, 2011) Tracking data of the Barcelona World Race around 6.30 p.m. on January 10, 2011 ( memento of the original from October 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.bacelonaworldrace.com (accessed January 26, 2011) official termination according to ranking and tracking data and not mentioned in any author's details (January 12, 2011). Coup sur coup. ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.barcelonaworldrace.com (French; accessed March 18, 2011)
- ↑ no author details (March 11, 2011). Abandon de Groupe Bel. ( Memento of March 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) www.barcelonaworldrace.com (French; accessed March 18, 2011)
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↑ Broken mast: no author information (March 12, 2011). Mirabaud a dématé ( Memento from April 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) www.barcelonaworldrace.com (French; accessed March 18, 2011)
no author's name (March 17, 2011). Mirabaud abandonne. www.barcelonaworldrace (French; accessed March 18, 2011) -
↑ no author details (December 29, 2011). Alex Thomson a subi ce matin une appendicectomie. ( Memento from January 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) www.barcelonaworldrace.com (French; accessed March 18, 2011) no author information ( January 12, 2011). Hugo Boss continue sans Alex Thomson à bord. www.barcelonaworldrace.com (French; accessed January 14, 2011)
- ↑ no author details (April 5, 2011). Mapfre deuxième de la Barcelona World Race. ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.bacelonaworldrace.com (French; accessed April 6, 2011)
- ↑ afp / mor (February 17, 2008 / June 25, 2010). Barcelona Race: c'est parti www.tsr.ch (French; accessed January 5, 2011)
Web links
- Official website (English / French / Spanish)