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
The clipper route was the traditional route derived from the Brouwer Route and sailed by clipper ships between Europe and the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. The route ran from west to east through the Southern Ocean, to make use of the s ...
, it starts and finishes in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
, and is organised by the Barcelona Ocean Sailing Foundation (FNOB).
The inaugural race, contested in 2007–08 by nine boats, was won by
Jean-Pierre Dick
Jean-Pierre Dick (born 8 October 1965 in Nice) is a French professional yachtsman.
Biography
Jean-Pierre Dick is the third of four children, his father ( Pierre-Richard Dick, founder of Virbac Laboratories). He is trained as a veterinary doctor ...
and
Damian Foxall
Damian Foxall (born 7 March 1969) is an Irish sailor from County Kerry.
Personal details
Foxall is married to Lucy Hunt, he has two children with Oisin and Neave and resides in Quebec, Canada.
Key Sailing Results
In addition to his offshore ex ...
on the boat ''Paprec-Virbac 2'' in a time of 92 days.
The second edition of the race started on 31 December 2010 and was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and
Loïck Peyron
Loïck Peyron (born 1 December 1959 in Nantes) is a French yachtsman, younger brother of the yachtsman Bruno Peyron.
He is particularly famous for winning many races in the 1990s on board his trimaran ''Fujicolor''.
Among his notable achievemen ...
on ''Virbac-Paprec 3'' in a time of 93 days 22 hours 20 minutes 36 seconds.
[
The third edition of the race started with eight boats on 31 December 2014 and was won by Bernard Stamm and ]Jean Le Cam
Jean Le Cam (born 27 April 1959 in Quimper, Finistère) is a French sailor.
In 1981–82, he was a crewmember on Euromarché in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
Le Cam was crewman with Éric Tabarly and Michel Desjoyeaux, and won th ...
on ''Cheminées Poujoulat'' in a time of 84 days 5 hours 50 minutes 25 seconds. Guillermo Altadill and José Muñoz finished second on ''Neutrogena''.
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 hope to reorganise the race for 2022-2023.
1st Edition 2007-2008
Results
2nd Edition 2010-2011
Results
3rd Edition 2014-2015
Results
References
External links
Official Race Website
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Round-the-world sailing competitions
Yachting races
Sailing competitions in Spain