Yachting World

MATTHEW SHEAHAN

What The Ocean Race lacked in fleet numbers it seems to have made up for in the impact it has made at the sharp end of the sport.

In the build-up to the start back in January there were plenty of questions around the future of the event. Could 60-footers designed for solo sailing really be the way ahead? Would they be quicker with a full crew aboard? Would they hold together when pushed hard 24/7? And even if all

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