Genova Coastal Race Day - Updates

This is it!! The final race day of The Ocean Race Europe. Winners in both the IMOCA and VO65 class will be determined today. 

Racing is scheduled to start at 12:00 CEST while our live broadcast starts at 11:45. Occasional live updates will be posted below.

Results and Leaderboards

The Ocean Race Europe - Overall leaderboards

IMOCA
1. Offshore Team Germany -- 16 points
2. 11th Hour Racing Team -- 15 points
3. LinkedOut -- 14 points
4. CORUM L' Epargne -- 7 points
5. Bureau Vallée -- 5 points

VO65
1. Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team -- 21 points
2. Sailing Poland -- 17 points
3. AkzoNobel Ocean Racing -- 17 points
4. Team Childhood I -- 12 points
5. The Austrian Ocean Race Project -- 10 points
6. Viva México -- 9 points
7. AmberSail-2 -- 9 points

Genova Coastal Race Results

IMOCA
1. 11th Hour Racing Team -- 3 points
2. Offshore Team Germany – 2 points
3. LinkedOut -- 1 point
4. CORUM L' Epargne
5. Bureau Vallée

VO65
1. Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team -- 3 points
2. Sailing Poland -- 2 points
3. Viva México -- 1 point
4. AkzoNobel Ocean Racing
5. Team Childhood I
6. AmberSail-2
7. The Austrian Ocean Race Project

1520 CEST - Congratulations to our winners today - Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team for taking the double win - the Coastal Race and the overall title in The Ocean Race Europe and to 11th Hour Racing Team who took the win today, and Offshore Team Germany as our overall winners in The Ocean Race Europe for the IMOCA class.

1510 CEST - 11th Hour Racing Team wins the Coastal Race. but Offshore Team Germany just pip the finish ahead of LinkedOut to secure the overall win in The Ocean Race Europe for the IMOCAs

1455 CEST - The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team has won The Ocean Race Europe in the VO65 class!!

1506 CEST - It looks like 11th Hour Racing Team will win the Coastal Race in Genova... that puts them into the overall lead, but will it be enough? If Germany is second, they take the overall title. If they are third, it would be a three way tie, with 11th Hour Racing Team over LinkedOut, over Offshore Team Germany... stay tuned!!

1440 CEST - 11th Hour Racing Team has made a pass!! They've slipped ahead of Offshore Team Germany at the final turning mark.

1430 CEST - Mirpuri is leading on the final leg towards the finish, despite a little hiccup deploying their A4 spinnaker... 

In the IMOCA class, Germany is fighting hard to hold off LinkedOut and 11th Hour Racing Team.

1420 CEST - In the VO65 fleet, it's still Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team leading on the water and on the leaderboard. It's a bit closer in the IMOCAs but Offshore Team Germany led around the first mark but with their closest rivals - LinkedOut and 11th Hour Racing Team pushing them hard. 

1350 CEST - Both fleets racing now. Watch live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oATtzhTAnA 

1345 CEST - The VO65 fleet has started and is racing. An exciting start with three boats over early and two more needing to tack around after being shut out. But the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team is clean and in the lead.

1335 CEST - VO65 start at 1340 and IMOCA start at 1350 --- wind 6 knots...

1310 CEST - The wind is starting to settle in the 4 knot range from 130-140 degrees. The Race Committee is looking for the World Sailing standard to start a race - 5 knots for 5 minutes. Not there yet.

1300 CEST - Wind in the 3 to 4 knot range. Still too light for racing.

1225 CEST - Still quite calm over the race area - about 2 to 3 knots of wind from 140 degrees. And so we remain under postponement.

1200 CEST - Racing is under postponement. We will bring you updates as soon as we have them. 

1140 CEST - Very light winds on the race course now - about 2 knots from 170 degrees... A postponement is very likely at this point.

1045 CEST - Boats are docking out... nearly calm over the race course at the moment.

1000 CEST - Depending on what forecast you believe, the wind conditions will either be near calm, or there will be a gentle sea breeze of 5-7 knots, which would allow racing. We're optimistic, and will keep our fingers crossed for the sea breeze!

0900 CEST - Today's Coastal Race offers bonus points to the top three finishers in each class -- 3 points for the win, 2 points for second, 1 point for third. If you head over to the current leaderboard you'll see that's enough to shake up the podium in both classes. Remember ties are broken in favour of the team with the best result in the most recent stage of the event (ie today).

One other consideration - the forecast is for very light winds. It is possible there will be a postponement. But there can be no race start after 1400. If there is no racing today, the current results are the final results for The Ocean Race Europe.