{"id":21514,"date":"2019-09-10T07:35:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T05:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tipandshaft.com\/?p=21514"},"modified":"2020-06-30T10:42:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T08:42:40","slug":"two-years-of-the-start-who-are-the-possible-teams-for-the-ocean-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailorz.com\/en\/the-ocean-race-2\/two-years-of-the-start-who-are-the-possible-teams-for-the-ocean-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Two years of the start, who are the possible teams for The Ocean Race?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Last week <a href=\"http:\/\/11thhourracing.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">11th Hour Racing<\/a>\u00a0confirmed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoceanrace.com\/en\/news\/12308_Charlie-Enright-and-Mark-Towill-set-sights-on-The-Ocean-Race-with-11th-Hour-Racing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">their participation<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>The Ocean Race 2021-2022<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>Charlie Enright\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Mark Towill\u00a0<\/strong>co-skippering the project. This actually makes the US team the first officially entered and funded team for this new iteration of the crewed race around the world. On the back of that news Tip &amp; Shaft take stock of the other projects, IMOCAs and the VO65.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After two campaigns in the colors first of Alvimedica and then Vestas 11th Hour Racing, Charlie Enright \/ Mark Towil who are partners in the company\u00a0<strong>1 Degree<\/strong>, will compete for the third time in a raw on The Ocean Race (formerly the Volvo). They are to be supported by the US\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/11thhourracing.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">11th Hour Racing<\/a>\u00a0sustainability group. The project is already in the starting blocks, as they have Alex Thomson\u2019s\u00a0<strong>former Hugo Boss<\/strong>, the VPLP-Verdier design which finished second on the last Vend\u00e9e Globe. The boat will compete on the Azimut Challenge and then the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transatjacquesvabre.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transat Jacques Vabre<\/a>\u00a0with Charlie Enright partnered by\u00a0<strong>Pascal Bid\u00e9gorry<\/strong>\u00a0(see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defi-azimut.net\/fr\/skippers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the list of entries<\/a>\u00a0for the Azimut Challenge). The official announcement for the TJV pairing is expected soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Damian Foxall<\/strong>, Irish round the world ace, is on the team also serving as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/11thhourracingteam.org\/damian-foxall-named-11th-hour-racing-team-sustainability-manager\/\"><strong>\u2018Sustainability Manager\u2019<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as he was with the team last time, and the news is expected soon that they will build an IMOCA specially designed for The Ocean Race to a\u00a0<strong>Guillaume Verdier design<\/strong>. It will be built at CDK under the supervision of Fran\u00e7ois Gabart&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/merconcept.com\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MerConcept<\/a>\u00a0team. None of the parties who were contacted by Tip &amp; Shaft would officially confirm but announcements are scheduled for next Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>11th Hour Racing will be the first Imoca designed and built specifically for The Ocean Race.\u00a0<strong>For Verdier, this is not the only project in progress<\/strong>\u00a0for the 2021-2022 edition of the race: according to our information, he is also working on another Imoca on behalf of a project called &#8220;<strong>Switchback<\/strong>&#8221; in the offing for New Zealander\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.theoceanrace.com\/fr\/crew\/424_Daryl-Wislang.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daryl Wislang<\/a>, who won the last Volvo with Dongfeng Race Team, partnered by two Volvo Ocean Race winning navigators,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.theoceanrace.com\/fr\/crew\/599_Jules-Salter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jules Salter<\/a>\u00a0(ex Ericsson\/4\/Abu Dhabi Team AkzoNobel),\u00a0<strong>Pablo Arrante<\/strong>\u00a0(ex Mapfre) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.theoceanrace.com\/fr\/crew\/314_Simon-Fisher.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Fisher<\/a>\u00a0(ex Abu Dhabi\/Vestas 11th Hour). The project will be financed by the American businessman\u00a0David Leuschen, founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverstonellc.com\/#!bigpicture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Riverstone<\/a>, an investment fund specializing in energy, who also owns the Wally 100\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wally.com\/wally-sail\/galateia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Galateia<\/a>, on which Daryl Wislang regularly sails. Asked by mail he told us, &#8220;I am keen on doing the next race but I can\u2019t talk about what is happening at the moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for\u00a0<strong>the other IMOCA projects<\/strong>, the most advanced to date is the one run by the Spaniard Xabi Fernandez (<a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/ebea589d64a1\/tip-shaft-482991?e=d3c7c2a560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see our interview in January<\/a>), who is hoping for the green light from Mapfre (for a budget that his team estimated at the end of last year to be between 20 and 25 million euros) to launch\u00a0<strong>the build of a boat to be designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoreteamgermany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Offshore Team Germany<\/a>\u00a0officially launched their TOR campaign on July 10 with Javier Sanso&#8217;s Owen Clarke designed ex-Acciona with German skipper\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanjek-sailing.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Stanjek<\/a>. Initial investment, to launch the structure, buy and modify the boat is about 3 million euros, Jens Kuphal the manager of the German team tells us. He estimates the overall cost of the campaign (foils to be installed on the boat) is \u00a0<strong>8-10 million euros<\/strong>&#8220;.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/offshoreteamgermany.com\/team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The team<\/a>, who are looking for also includes the Brit Joff Brown (technical director, previously with Dee Caffari, Rich Wilson and Alex Thomson). On the Fastnet Race were the British sailor\u00a0<strong>Annie Lush\u00a0<\/strong>(formerly Team Brunel on the last Volvo) and the New Zealander\u00a0<strong>Conrad Colman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Also with a German skipper is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/team-malizia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maliza<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Boris Herrmann<\/strong>, who is also looking for partners to accompany him aboard his foiling 60 footer (formerly Edmond de Rothchild, a VPLP-Verdier design from 2015). In China,\u00a0<strong>Dongfeng Race Team<\/strong>, winners of the last edition,\u00a0<strong>will probably not start again<\/strong>\u00a0but according to our information we are likely to see another\u00a0<strong>new project in Chinese colors<\/strong>, which would likely buy or charter an existing 60 footer. Finally,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mirpurifoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Mirpuri Foundation<\/a>, already partners of a VO65 project for the Ocean Race 2021\/2022 and whose boss,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirpuriinvestments.com\/paulo-mirpuri.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paulo Mirpuri<\/a>, has been seen in Lorient, and according to our information\u00a0<strong>might be getting involved in an IMOCA project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Australian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.theoceanrace.com\/fr\/crew\/426_Chris-Nicholson.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Nicholson<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/sailorz.com\/en\/vendee-globe-2020-2021\/chris-nicholson-i-would-jump-at-doing-the-vendee-globe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see our interview<\/a>) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nathaliequere\/?originalSubdomain=fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathalie Qu\u00e9r\u00e9<\/a>, ex AkzoNobel, continue to work on a new campaign under the umbrella of their company created earlier this year,\u00a0<strong>W Ocean Racing<\/strong>. Their choices\u00a0 will be dictated by the budget set by the partners they find. As yet they have not yet settled between an IMOCA or VO65. They are currently on tour in Europe with The Ocean Race. &#8220;<strong>The options remain open<\/strong>,&#8221; confirms Nathalie Qu\u00e9r\u00e9, &#8220;We have joined forces with The Ocean Race for their European tour, which is a great platform to promote our ambitions and meet potential sponsors.&#8221;\u00a0What about the chances of a possible new AkzoNobel campaign? &#8220;<strong>Any decision by AkzoNobel as to their possible participation in the next race is not really relevant at the moment<\/strong>,&#8221; says Quere.<\/p>\n<p>In France, Paul Meilhat, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoceanrace.com\/en\/news\/12287_Paul-Meilhat-confirms-registration-for-dream-race.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced his registration in early July<\/a>, has\u00a0<strong>a four-year project<\/strong>\u00a0looking to the construction of a Verdier design and for a budget estimated to need\u00a0<strong>20 million euros in all<\/strong>. That would facilitate The Ocean Race, the 2022 Route du Rhum and the 2024 Vend\u00e9e Globe. All under a strong environmental banner, which could be that of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/surfrider.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Surfrider Foundation<\/a>, whose winner of the last Imoca Route du Rhum is one of the ambassadors. &#8220;This part commitment is more and more important, and i<strong>f we make a new boat, we will deploy concrete actions<\/strong>, even making some compromises on performance,&#8221; says Paul Meilhat. It remains to convince partners, which he has not managed to do for the last Vend\u00e9e Globe. &#8220;Anyway, I meet interesting people and I talk about the cause, I think\u00a0<strong>I found my fight<\/strong>,&#8221; he answers, determined.<\/p>\n<p>Of the other French potentials,\u00a0<strong>Thomas Ruyant<\/strong>, who launched his new Advens for Cybersecurity (Verdier design) last Saturday in Lorient, told us: &#8220;2021 being a quiet year, why not? The Ocean Race appeals and we have a boat that could quite easily be adapted to race with a crew, without much too many modifications. <strong>That could be, of course, with or without me. Everything is open<\/strong>, &#8220;explains Ruyant who will be in Alicante next week for the teams meeting\u00a0to learn more, and is still looking to \u00a0complete his budget for the next Vend\u00e9e Globe.<\/p>\n<p>On the\u00a0<strong>VO65 front\u00a0<\/strong>the last few months have been busy since all the boats that participated in the last edition have changed hands, as has been confirmed by the organization of The Ocean Race.\u00a0<strong>The Mirpuri Foundation<\/strong>, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mirpurifoundation.org\/mirpuri-news\/news\/we-are-in-the-ocean-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">formalized its participation last March<\/a>, acquired Dongfeng&#8217;s 65-footer and have named it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mirpurifoundation.org\/mirpuri-news\/news\/racing-for-the-planet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Racing For The Planet<\/a>. The former Mapfre is now in the hands of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sailingpolandgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sailing Poland;<\/a>\u00a0the former Team SCA (who did not run the last Volvo but the previous one) went under the Lithuanian flag and is now called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambersail2.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AmberSail-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Owned by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sailingholland.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sailing Holland<\/a>\u00a0is the former Brunel which is currently participating in the European tour in AkzoNobel colours because &#8220;AkzoNobel wanted to continue this program after the course\u201d \u00a0according to Nathalie Qu\u00e9r\u00e9. The former Vestas now belongs to the Austrians of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocean-racing.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Austrian Ocean Race Project\u2019<\/a>\u00a0which was launched in mid-August, The former Turn the Tide on Plastic will race The Ocean Race under New Zealand colors if\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sail-world.com\/news\/220798\/The-Ocean-Race-campaign-starts-Kiwi-club-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bianca Cook finds partners<\/a>. Finally, the former Scallywag has been transferred to a new owner who for the moment is confidential. Sources close to the race also mention a Mexican boat and a French project, led by an experienced skipper. Not all of them will be on the starting line in October 2021 in Alicante because they must have a budget of about fifteen million euros.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: 11th Hour Racing<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week 11th Hour Racing\u00a0confirmed\u00a0their participation\u00a0in\u00a0The Ocean Race 2021-2022\u00a0with\u00a0Charlie Enright\u00a0and\u00a0Mark Towill\u00a0co-skippering the project. This actually makes the US team the first officially entered and funded team for this new iteration of the crewed race around the world. On the back of that news Tip &#038; Shaft take stock of the other projects, IMOCAs and the VO65.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"template-design.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257,282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imoca-en","category-the-ocean-race-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two years of the start, who are the possible teams for The Ocean Race? - Sailorz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sailorz.com\/en\/the-ocean-race-2\/two-years-of-the-start-who-are-the-possible-teams-for-the-ocean-race\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two years of the start, who are the possible teams for The Ocean Race? - Sailorz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last week 11th Hour Racing\u00a0confirmed\u00a0their participation\u00a0in\u00a0The Ocean Race 2021-2022\u00a0with\u00a0Charlie Enright\u00a0and\u00a0Mark Towill\u00a0co-skippering the project. 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