Ocean Race 2023, Leg 3: 11th Hour Racing, Team update
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Ocean Race 2023 – LEG 3: ONBOARD UPDATES
As the crew from 11th Hour Racing Team races from Cape Town, South Africa to Itajaí, Brazil, we’re onboard with Amory Ross, our Media Crew Member, with live updates from the boat!
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📅 SUNDAY MARCH 5, 2023
🕒 1000 UTC
🌍 DISTANCE TO FINISH: 11,301 NM
💨 SPEED: 22.1 KNOTS
🥇 POSITION: 3RD
📏 DISTANCE TO LEADER: 512 NM
What a 24-hours it has been for 11th Hour Racing Team. We’ve clocked a 24-hour record-breaking IMOCA run of 544.63 nautical miles at an average speed of 22.7 knots, which, subject to official ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council, would break Alex Thomson’s long-standing record of 539.71nm, in 2018. It also betters the distance covered by the team in Leg 2, which won us the Ulysse Nardin 24-hour prize, covering 542.68 nautical miles.
These boats, though, have the potential to go even further … Close followers of the team will remember that last August, on the return from Newport, USA to Concarneau, France, we bettered this distance to 560.54 with an average speed of 23.36 knots, but as that wasn’t an official record attempt, and we weren’t racing, the distance wasn’t ratified by the WSSRC, but what it does go to show, is that Mālama is fast! There is the potential that this official distance of 544.63 will be bettered either on this Leg or during the race, but for now, it’s a small something to enjoy for the whole team.
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