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19.01 - 10h52 - Goodbye fuel. Interview with Bubi Sansó

Bubi Sansó's Acciona is the first ever yacht to use entirely renewable energy sources and no fuel to obtain electricity for use on board. This is an historic project that sets a milestone in the development of offshore sailing yachts and puts the IMOCA Class at the forefront of top level racing yacht... More

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22.12 - 13h06 - The secret combination. Interview with Alex Thomson and Guillermo Altadill.

They met during the first edition of the Barcelona World Race. Alex Thomson went on to finish second with Andrew Cape whilst Guillermo Altadill’s race on Estrella Damm with Jonathan McKee proved to have an unhappy conclusion the duo having to retire into South Africa with rudder problems. But on the 2011 Transat... More

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13.12 - 12h18 - Four Barcelona World Race skippers on the Transat Jacques Vabre podium

Jean-Pierre Dick and Jérémie Beyou take victory in the Atlantic's great double-handed classic. Alex Thomson and Guillermo Altadill take second place and François Gabart comes in fourth. Kito de Pavant finishes in fifth place with Dominique Wavre and Michèle Paret in eighth. Vincent Riou... More

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01.07 - 11h14 - Objective 2014

The Barcelona World Race is already thinking about and working on its third edition.  More

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12.05 - 22h33 - Barcelona's Portal de la Pau brims with onlookers and excitement to greet We Are Water

  Barcelona's Jaume Mumbrú and Cali Sanmartí complete their first circumnavigation on board one of the fleet's most experienced yachts. Mumbrú: “Any one who finishes the Barcelona World Race wins”. Sanmartí: “Finishing a round the world event at our city is a... More

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04.05 - 22h29 - The Prince of Asturias and Girona attends the Barcelona World Race closing ceremony

Don Felipe praised the “singular challenge where extreme sport and adventure meet”. Barcelona's Mayor Jordi Hereu to the skippers: “With you, Barcelona has been taken around the world”. The skippers were the stars of a moving ceremony at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu. More

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04.05 - 19h45 - Barcelona World Race established at the top level of world offshore sailing

A deluxe entry list and a massive following have validated the success of the double-handed, non-stop race around the world. The Spanish skippers have burst onto the upper level of international offshore sailing. Offshore sailing is a vehicle for values such as endurance and teamwork and has established itself as a... More

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22.04 - 22h57 - Excitement in Portal de la Pau, Barcelona for the arrival of Fòrum Marítim Català

Gerard Marín and Ludovic Aglaor cross the double-handed round the world finishing line at 21:17:24 local time. They took 112 days, 7 hours, 17 minutes and 24 seconds, at an average speed of 9.35 knots. This was Gerard's first circumnavigation of the globe and the second for Ludovic.  More

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22.04 - 03h39 - Smells Like Team Spirit, Highlights of the Race of Hugo Boss in their words

They were delighted to see their family - Andy to see his five months pregnant wife Kirsten, and Wouter to see his six year old son Nicklas and wife Kristine. Their race had its fair share of ups and downs, not least the start, the Med, having to repair their mainsail at the gateway to the South just when they were... More

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22.04 - 00h55 - The Magnificent Seventh: True Grit Hugo Boss Meiklejohn and Verbraak.

Gritty, hard battling Andy Meiklejohn (NZL) and Wouter Verbraak (NED) on Hugo Boss crossed the finish line during the very early hours of a breezy Barcelona night, breaking the line off the W-Hotel at 00 49 23 hrs local time (UTC +2hrs) to secure seventh place overall from the field of 14 duos which started the... More