The Race (yachting race)
The Race was a round-the-world sailing race starting in Barcelona, Spain on December 31, 2000. It was the first ever non-stop, no-rules, no-limits, round-the-world sailing event, with a $2 million US prize. It was organized by Bruno Peyron.
A second race was planned for 2004, but was cancelled amid controversy that Tracy Edwards had organized a competing event called Oryx Quest.
The stated objectives of this race were:
- to unite the different maritime cultures of the world
- to gather together the world's premiere yachtsmen and women in a common event
- to promote creativity in ocean sailing
- to ally high technology and the environment
- to create the most spectacular and most prestigious fleet of offshore racers that sailing has ever seen
Results
The 2000–01 race was won by Club Med, skippered by Grant Dalton in 62d 6h 56' 33".
| Pos | Boat | Crew | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club Med | Dalton, Grant Grant Dalton |  New Zealand | 62d 6h 56m 33s |
| 2 | Innovation Explorer | Peyron, Loick Loick Peyron & Skip Novak |  France | 64d 22h 32m 38s |
| 3 | Team Adventure | Lewis, Cam Cam Lewis |  United States | 82d 20h 21m 02s |
| 4 | Warta Polpharma | Paszke, Roman Roman Paszke |  Poland | 99d 12h 31m |
| 5 | Team Legato | Bullimore, Tony Tony Bullimore |  Great Britain | 104d 20h 52m |
| – | PlayStation | Fossett, Steve Steve Fossett | United States | DNF[lower-alpha 1] |
| – | Team Philips | Goss, Pete Pete Goss | Great Britain | DNS |
- ↑ Damaged and forced to withdraw on day 16
Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start;
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