{"id":299,"date":"2025-08-30T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yachtersworld.com\/?p=299"},"modified":"2025-08-30T14:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:44:16","slug":"biotherm-wins-ocean-race-europe-leg-3-after-going-neck-and-neck-with-team-holcim-prb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yachtersworld.com\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"Biotherm wins Ocean Race Europe Leg 3 after going neck-and-neck with Team Holcim-PRB"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catch up on all the action from the Ocean Race Europe Leg 3, including an exhilarating face-off between Biotherm and Holcim-PRB and the challenging, unstable conditions in the Mediterranean. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo: Vincent Curutchet \/ The Ocean Race.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the latest from the Ocean Race Europe Leg 3, Biotherm is still defending its perfect streak from Leg 1<\/a> and Leg 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The race leader arrived in Nice just before dawn on 29 August, with Holcim-PRB following just twenty-seven minutes later. Both foiling IMOCAs<\/a> averaged over 20 knots of boatspeed as they raced towards the finish line.<\/p>\n

In third, Ambrogio Beccaria\u2019s Allagrande Mapei, finishing just 53 minutets after Holcim-PRB.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t make all good choices,\u201d said Beccaria. \u201cBut we are improving so much as a team. Our boat is not designed to sail in light unstable winds like here, but as soon as we have wind we are flying. We love the boat and we love the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yoann Richomme\u2019s Team Paprec Ark\u00e9a (FRA) \u2013 skippered on this leg by Corentin Horeau (FRA) for this leg followed in 4th, despite sustaining damage after a broken halyard sent the J0 headsail into the water.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Vincent Curutchet \/ The Ocean Race Europe 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The rest of the Ocean Race Europe <\/a>fleet soon finished their 3-day, 680 nautical mile passage. The Mediterranean challenged sailors right up until the end, with unpredictable weather conditions, low pressure fronts, and sudden squalls of up to 70 knots.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the light winds it can be more work than in the strong winds,\u201d said Malizia\u2019s Boris Hermann. \u201cWe had all conditions \u2013 from reefed and small headsails to spinnakers. We used all the sails which is not normally the case on most legs. It was all-the-time full-on action and enjoyable racing. It was so motivating to have our competition in sight all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an incredible leg,\u201d added Holcim \u2013 PRB skipper Rosalin Kuiper. \u201cI have never experienced something like this: so many manoeuvres, all the weather models were different to what we saw on the water. We had to be super flexible and dynamic and we didn\u2019t sleep much \u2013 the crew is exhausted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ocean Race Leg 3 at a glance<\/h3>\n