With just six days to go to the start of the VELUX 5 OCEANS round the world yacht race, the skippers and race teams are busy in La Rochelle putting the finishing touches to their ECO 60¹s yachts ahead of the race start on Sunday.
The VELUX 5 OCEANS is the oldest single-handed round the world yacht race. Run every 4 years since 1982, the race is the longest and toughest event for any individual in any sport. The race is a series of five high-pressure ocean sprints within a marathon circumnavigation. The 30,000 route is La Rochelle to Cape Town, then onto Wellington, Salvador, South Carolina before finishing in La Rochelle.