{"id":65899,"date":"2025-09-02T12:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sea-help.eu\/news-general\/final-ocean-race-europe-montenegro\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:24:14","slug":"final-ocean-race-europe-montenegro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sea-help.eu\/en\/news-general\/final-ocean-race-europe-montenegro\/","title":{"rendered":"THE OCEAN RACE: <\/span><\/span>Final of the Ocean Race Europe in Boka Bay, Montenegro"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European version of the Ocean Race, the Ocean Race Europe, started on August 10 in Kiel, Germany, with the final taking place from September 15 to 21 in Boka Bay and Tivat, Montenegro. Interested sailing fans have the opportunity to be there in person. SeaHelp explains how.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In January 2027, the next Ocean Race will start in Alicante, a regatta<\/a> around the world in which four crew members and an onboard reporter will be aboard IMOCA boats. The destination is AMAALA, a tourism project currently under construction on and in the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

To help sailors pass the time until then, a non-stop race across the Atlantic Ocean will also take place for the first time in the summer of 2026 under the name Ocean Race Atlantic, which will run from New York to Barcelona.<\/p>\n

And then there is the Ocean Race Europe, which is considered the \u201clittle brother\u201d of the Ocean Race. The second edition of the European race started on August 10, 2025, in Kiel. Seven teams, including a German team skippered by Boris Herrmann and co-skippered by Will Harris on the racing yacht MALIZIA, are taking part in the regatta with stops in Portsmouth (GBR), Matosinhos (Portugal), Cartagena (Spain), Nice (France), and Genoa (Italy).<\/p>\n

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The finish line of The Ocean Race Europe 2025 is in the Bay of Kotor<\/h2>\n

The finish line is in the Bay of Kotor (Boka kotorska), a fjord-like bay almost 30 km long, lined by high and steep mountain flanks, on the southeastern Dalmatian-Montenegrin Adriatic coast. Sailing enthusiasts can watch the spectacle live from Tivat, which is located directly on the Bay of Kotor, about 19 kilometers from Herceg Novi, 10 kilometers from Kotor, and 80 kilometers from Dubrovnik in Croatia.<\/p>\n

Good to know:<\/strong> The Ocean Race Europe is an offshore yacht race around Europe, created and run by the organizers of The Ocean Race. The first edition was The Ocean Race Europe 2021, which started on May 25, 2021, as a three-part route from Lorient (France) to Genoa (Italy).<\/p>\n

The second edition of the quadrennial event started on August 10, 2025, in Kiel. SeaHelp was there, was allowed to take part in one of the so-called \u201cspeed runs\u201d and was able to experience the complexity of the sailing racing machines live \u2013 a dream for every sailor to be able to take part in a race on an Imoca yacht.<\/p>\n

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The Imoca yachts are 60-foot (18.3 m) monohull sailing yachts managed by the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). The class is an \u201copen\u201d design, which means that the boat is size-controlled and designers have certain freedoms within the rules.<\/p>\n

Design restrictions include a hull length between 59 and 60 feet (18 m) and a maximum draft of 4.5 meters (15 feet). The length including bowsprit must not exceed 20.12 m. The maximum width is 5.85 m. A maximum of four ballast tanks are permitted. Each of them has a size restriction.<\/p>\n

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The foils attached to the IMOCAs allow the sailing yachts to \u201cfly\u201d over the water<\/h2>\n

IMOCAs typically have a very wide hull compared to yachts designed for coastal racing. This is intended to provide greater stability in rough seas. With the introduction of hydrofoils, the stresses that the hull had to withstand changed. The hydrofoils ensure that, in the right conditions, the boats can fly over the water rather than plow through it with their hulls.<\/p>\n

The opening stage of the Ocean Race Europe, which started in Kiel on August 10, already promised to be challenging. The route between Kiel (Germany) and Portsmouth (England) included the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and a long list of hazards to avoid \u2013 busy shipping lanes, extensive wind farms, and strong currents.<\/p>\n

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