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Denis Horeau, Race Director of the Barcelona World Race
Denis Horeau is to be the new race director of the the Barcelona World Race. Horeau is one of the greatest experts in the management of offshore and round the world racing. He will be responsible for the intensive planning and preparation involved for the double-handed round the world race, which st...
Estrella Damm presents its new boat for the 2010 edition
Guillermo Altadill and Pachi Rivero will be the skippers of the Spanish boat Estrella Damm for the second edition of the Barcelona World Race. The project has been presented today....
A night of celebration, next stop 2010...
The prizegiving ceremony for the 18 skippers of the first edition of the Barcelona World Race came to a conclusion on Saturday night (8.3.07) after a spectacular and emotional hour-long ceremony in the presence of the Mayor of Barcelona Jordi Hereu at the Auditorium of the Barcelona Forum....
Educación sin Fronteras 5th in the Barcelona World Race
Barcelona-born sailor Albert Bargués and French yachtswoman Servane Escoffier sailed into home waters this morning at 06:55:02 GMT to finish the Barcelona World Race in fourth place, after an epic 108 days 18 hours, 55 minutes and 2 seconds, sailing a total distance of 27892 miles at an average spee...
The home run
A great night for Servanne Escoffier and Albert Bargues who passed Scoring Gate 8 in the Gibraltar Strait early this morning, at 04.45 GMT without the harsh conditions suffered by the rest of the fleet, and able to make an almost direct heading through the middle of the channel....
Strait on
Educacion sin Fronteras is back up to speed having tapped into the easterly wind which will drive them through to the Straits of Gibraltar and into the Mediterranean. After 48 frustratingly slow hours trapped by an area of high pressure, Servane and Albert are moving on a direct heading towards the ...
Educacion sin Fronteras homeward bound
Servane and Albert on Educación sin Fronteras celebrate 100 days at sea, the longest time for both the youngest and oldest skippers in the Barcelona World Race! The last team in the race currently making their way towards the Straits of Gibraltar - just under 450 miles away from the scoring gate a...
Mutua Madrileña Arrival Press Conference
Mutua Madrileña 4th in the Barcelona World Race
Spanish skippers Javier “Bubi” Sansó and Pachi Rivero jubilantly crossed the finish line early this morning, 19th February, in Barcelona onboard Mutua Madrileña at 00:18:40 GMT making them the fourth boat to race home in the Barcelona World Race. A fabulous welcome for the national team as they sail...
Temenos II claims third place in the Barcelona World Race
Swiss skipper Dominique Wavre and French yachtswoman Michele Paret crossed the finish line in their IMOCA Open 60 “Temenos II” to become the third boat in the Barcelona World Race. They crossed the finish line at 18.09 GMT on Sunday just off the Olympic Port of Barcelona among family, friends and su...