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The Ocean Race: Images - Start and Day 1

by Compiled by Richard Gladwell/Sail-World.com/nz 15 Jan 2023 15:21 PST
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Guyot Environment - Team Europe & 11th Hour Racing Team, January 15, 2023 © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race

A collection of selected images from the start and opening stanzas of The Ocean Race, as the fleet heads towards the Strait of Gibraltar to exit the Mediterranean.

Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Holcim - PRB Team January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Holcim - PRB Team January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Biotherm, January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Biotherm, January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Holcim - PRB Team January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Holcim - PRB Team January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Fleet January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Fleet January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Team Malizia, January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Team Malizia, January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Fleet, January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Fleet, January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Holcim - PRB Team January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Holcim - PRB Team January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Guyot Environment - Team Europe & Team Malizia, January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Guyot Environment - Team Europe & Team Malizia, January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Holcim - PRB Team January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race
Start of The Ocean Race, Leg 1 IMOCA Holcim - PRB Team January 15, 2023 - photo © Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race

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