The Ocean Race Skippers Press Conference Jan 13.23 Alicante. Race Start Jan 15.23. (Unedited)

Subscribe, Share, Like and check uploads advice Bell. For some teams, the date of the skippers’ press conference sat amid an intensely hectic period as they prepared for the 32,000 mile, seven-leg, race around the world. For others, the date for facing the world’s cameras and microphones en masse has been in their diaries for several years. But for all, today’s presentation of all 11 skippers across both the IMOCA and VO65 fleets signified a key stage along the road to The Ocean Race, two days ahead of the start of this classic and historic race on Sunday afternoon.