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 derived from the Brouwer Route and was sailed by clipper, clipper ships between Europe and the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. The route, devised by the Dutch navigator Hendrik Brouwer in 1611, reduced the time of a ...
, it starts and finishes in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of 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 c ...
, 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 and
Damian Foxall 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 on ''Virbac-Paprec 3'' in a time of 93 days 22 hours 20 minutes 36 seconds.
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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''.
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.][ There has been no public statement since.
With the introduction of the IMOCA 60 in the 2023 ]The Ocean Race
The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean R ...
a revival of the Barcelona World Race is not expected.
1st Edition 2007-2008
Results
2nd Edition 2010-2011
Results
3rd Edition 2014-2015
Results
References
External links
Official Race Website
{{Offshore sailing races
Round-the-world sailing competitions
Sailing competitions in Spain
Double-handed crew sailing competitions
IMOCA 60 class sailing competitions