The Race (yachting race)

The Race was a round-the-world sailing race that started in Barcelona, Spain, on December 31, 2000.

The race was created by Bruno Peyron, and it was the first ever non-stop, no-rules, no-limits, round-the-world sailing event, with a $2 million US prize.

The stated objectives of this race were:

to unite the different maritime cultures of the world
to gather together the world's premiere yachtsmen and women in a common event
to promote creativity in ocean sailing
to ally high technology and the environment
to create the most spectacular and most prestigious fleet of offshore racers that sailing has ever seen

A second race was planned for 2004, but was cancelled amid controversy that Tracy Edwards had organised a competing event called Oryx Quest.

Results

The 2000–01 race was won by Club Med, skippered by Grant Dalton in 62d 6h 56' 33".

Pos	Boat name	Crew	Country	Time
1	Club Med	Grant Dalton	New Zealand	62d 6h 56m 33s
2	Innovation Explorer	Loick Peyron & Skip Novak	France	64d 22h 32m 38s
3	Team Adventure	Cam Lewis	United States	82d 20h 21m 02s
4	Warta Polpharma	Roman Paszke	Poland	99d 12h 31m
5	Team Legato	Tony Bullimore	Great Britain	104d 20h 52m
–	PlayStation	Steve Fossett	United States	DNF^[a]
–	Team Philips	Pete Goss	Great Britain	DNS