The Ocean Race 2027 to finish on Red Sea

Published on October 25th, 2024

For the first time in its history, The Ocean Race course will include the Red Sea, with the 15th edition of the race to finish at AMAALA, located on the northwest coast of Saudi Arabia.

The Ocean Race 2027 will start from its home port of Alicante, Spain in January 2027 and take the fully-crewed IMOCA fleet out of the Mediterranean Sea, down the Atlantic and into the southern latitudes before rounding Cape Horn and returning to Europe via the Americas.

The penultimate leg of The Ocean Race 2027 will be from a European port to a finish line in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt. The race fleet will then assemble to transit together through the Suez Canal to the Red Sea for the start of the final leg – approximately 135 nautical miles – to the finish line just off AMAALA.

Between the start and finish, additional stopovers will complete the race course. Dates for all stopovers and the race finish will be confirmed when the full race route is finalized.

Details: https://www.theoceanrace.com/en/

The Ocean Race will begin again in 2027 using the IMOCA class boat, with two earlier events providing training and exposure to prospective teams. In 2025, The Ocean Race Europe will start on August 10 from Kiel, Germany and take a route south around the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean Sea. In 2026, The Ocean Race Atlantic will start in New York, USA and finish in Barcelona, Spain.

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