ACCIDENT, 2 Hurt on 11th Hour Racing IMOCA and General The Ocean Race Report

Subscribe, Share, Like, Check Uploads Alert Bell. Thank you. Incident onboard 11th Hour Racing Team IMOCA. Thursday, May 25, 2023 At 1541 UTC on Thursday, May 25, while racing in Leg 5 of The Ocean Race, 11th Hour Racing Team activated its Hazard Button to alert Race Control and the wider fleet they had hit something, suspected to be a marine mammal or megafauna. The Team was in the mid-North Atlantic Ocean at 52°N, 35°W - approximately 750 nautical miles [863 miles/1,389 km] off the coast of Newfoundland, sailing at 29 knots [33mph/54 kmph], in 28+ knots [32 mph/52 kmph] of wind speed - some of the fastest conditions yet seen in the race.