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1000 Race

Start date: May 3, 2026

Port-La-Forêt

1000 NM Race course 

Solo

A sailing yacht in a race with crew members on deck, and the boat labeled '11th Hour Racing' and 'Mer Concept'.
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Kicking off the season from Port-la-Forêt, France, the 1000 Race is a 1,000-nautical-mile sprint out into the Bay of Biscay, designed to test speed, reliability, and decision-making early in the year. Raced solo, the event offers an ideal opportunity for early benchmarking against the IMOCA fleet and a chance to validate the IMOCA raceboat 11th Hour Racing’s winter refit.

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