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First held | 2007 |
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Type | non-stop double-handed around-the-world race |
Classes | IMOCA 60 |
Start | Barcelona |
Finish | Barcelona |
Champions | Bernard Stamm & Jean Le Cam (2014–15) |
The Barcelona World Race is a non-stop, round-the-world yacht race for crews of two, sailed on Open 60 IMOCA monohull boats. Following the Clipper route, it starts and finishes in Barcelona, and is organised by the Barcelona Ocean Sailing Foundation (FNOB). [1] [2] [3]
The inaugural race, contested in 2007–08 by nine boats, was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall on the boat Paprec-Virbac 2 in a time of 92 days. [4]
The second edition of the race started on 31 December 2010 and was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and Loïck Peyron on Virbac-Paprec 3 in a time of 93 days 22 hours 20 minutes 36 seconds. [4]
The third edition of the race started with eight boats on 31 December 2014 and was won by Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam on Cheminées Poujoulat in a time of 84 days 5 hours 50 minutes 25 seconds. Guillermo Altadill and José Muñoz finished second on Neutrogena. [5] [6]
The fourth edition of the race was intended to start from Barcelona on 12 January 2019, but on 29 March 2018 the organisers announced that the race had been suspended, due to political instability, citing political and institutional difficulties in Spain. The ongoing crisis in Catalonia had prevented FNOB from being able to make the necessary guarantees to sponsors. They hoped to reorganise the race for 2022-2023. [2] [7] There has been no public statement since.
With the introduction of the IMOCA 60 in the 2023 The Ocean Race a revival of the Barcelona World Race is not expected. [8]
Place | Boat | Skippers | Time | Notes | Ref |
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1 | Paprec Virbac 2 | ![]() ![]() | 92d 09h 49m 49s | ||
2 | Hugo Boss 2 | ![]() ![]() | 94d 17h 34m 57s | ||
3 | Temenos II | ![]() ![]() | 98d 06h 09m 10s | ||
4 | Mutua Madrileña | ![]() ![]() | 99d 12h 18m 40s | ||
5 | Educación sin Fronteras | ![]() ![]() | 108 j 18 h 55 min 02 s | ||
DNF | Veolia Environnement | ![]() ![]() | Abandon on 17 December | ||
DNF | Estrella Damm | ![]() ![]() | Abandon in 14 December | ||
DNF | Delta Dore | ![]() ![]() | Abandon on 11 December | ||
DNF | PRB 3 | ![]() ![]() | Abandon on 8 December : Mast Damage retired to cape town |
Team | Arrival Time | ||||
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Position | Name of Boat | Date | Date | Time | Average Speed |
1 | Virbac Paprec 3 | ![]() ![]() | 4 April 2011 | 93d 22h 02m 36s | 12,9 |
2 | Mapfre | ![]() ![]() | 5 April 2011 | 94d 21h 17m 35s | 12,63 |
3 | Renault ZE | Pachi Rivero Antonio Piris | 8 April 2011 | 97d 18h 47m 36s | |
4 | Estrella Damm (2) | Alex Pella Pepe Ribes | 9 April 2011 | 98d 20h 45m 59s | |
5 | Neutrogena [9] | ![]() ![]() | 10 April 2011 | 100d 03h 13m 25s | 11,59 |
6 | GAES Centros Auditivos | ![]() ![]() | 13 April 2011 | 102d 19h 17m 18s | |
7 | Hugo Boss 3 | ![]() Andy Meiklejohn | 21 April 2011 | 111d 10h 49m 23s | 10,93 |
8 | Forum Maritim Catala | Gerard Marín Ludovic Aglaor | 22 April 2011 | 112d 07h 17m 24s | 10,63 |
9 | We Are Water | Jaume Mumbrú Cali Sanmartí | 12 May 2011 | 132d 04h 58m 32s | 9,54 |
Abandon | Mirabaud | ![]() Michèle Paret | |||
Abandon | Groupe Bel | Kito de Pavant Sébastien Audigane | |||
Abandon | Central Lechera Asturiana | Juan Merediz Fran Palacio | |||
Abandon | Foncia 2 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Abandon | Président | ![]() ![]() |
Team | Arrival Time | ||||
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Position | Name of Boat | Date | Date | Time | Average Speed |
1 | Cheminées Poujoulat | ![]() ![]() | 25 March 2015 | 84d 05h 50 min 25 s | 13,82 |
2 | Neutrogena | ![]() Jose Muñoz | 31 March 2015 | 89d 11h 47m 00s | 12,94 |
3 | GAES Centros Auditivos | ![]() Gerard Marín | 1 April 2015 | 91d 05h 09m 28s | 12,85 |
4 | One Planet, One Ocean & Pharmaton | Alex Gelabert ![]() | 8 April 2015 | 98d 09h 12m 09s | 11,77 |
5 | We are water (2) | ![]() Willy Garcia | 9 April 2015 | 99d 03h 06m 28s | 9,80 |
6 | Renault Captur | Jörg Riechers Sebastien Audigane | 16 April 2015 | 105d 23h 35m 22 s | 9,17 |
7 | Spirit of Hungary | ![]() ![]() | 21 April 2015 | 110d 10h 59m 40s | 8,80 |
Abandon | Hugo Boss (5) | Alex Thomson Pepe Ribes | |||
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