Where to watch?

7 januari 2023

Photo Credits: The Ocean Race

When and where to watch The Ocean Race In Port Race Alicante Sunday 8 January:

The VO65 fleet starts the In Port Race from 1400 CET / 1300 GMT and can be watched on Eurosport / Eurosport Player / Discovery+ platform.


Watching from the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Poland, Spain or the Caribbean?

All racing from Alicante will also be embedded for international viewing. For fans from the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Poland and Spain on theoceanrace.com homepage and for fans in the Caribbean on The Ocean Race YouTube channel - youtube.com/theoceanrace.


The Ocean Race Schedule

The action begins on January 8 with the In Port Race in Alicante before the IMOCA and VO65 fleets depart for Mindelo, Cabo Verde on January 15 for the first leg of the race.


-> full here the full route and schedule. 

 

Follow the action online

The OceanRace.com and social platforms @theoceanrace are your hubs for key content for 2022-23 edition including the latest news and analysis, videos and photos from the yachts and a full racing section featuring the offshore race tracker, rankings and scoreboard.


LIVE

Each leg start and finish will be covered live by the broadcast partner, Warner Bros. Discovery and shown on Eurosport platforms, including Eurosport.com. Outside of Europe, and depending on the territory, you may be able to access live coverage via YouTube.com/theoceanrace.


At 1200 UTC every day during the offshore legs, you can tune in at theoceanrace.com for The Race Report – a two-minute quick fix that tells the story of the previous 24 hours in the Race. Watch here on our site and on our YouTube and Facebook channels.


During the offshore legs, host and commentator Niall Myant-Best will host The Ocean Race Show, a longer format programme that takes a deeper dive into the stories at sea. This too will be available on the race website and YouTube and Facebook channels.


Short highlights from Leg starts, Arrivals, and In Port races will be posted on The Ocean Race social platforms and website, as well as Eurosport social channels as soon as they are turned around.


Streaming & Broadcast TV

Warner Bros. Discovery is The Ocean Race’s live broadcast and news distribution partner. Fans will be able to watch live coverage from every leg of the Ocean Race 2022-23 with Eurosport and Discovery+, including:


– Eurosport TV channels
Live coverage of leg starts, the Grand Finale arrivals in Genova, as well as the In Port racing in Alicante and Genova


– Eurosport player and on Discovery+
Streaming live coverage of all leg starts and finishes as well as every in-port race


– Eurosport linear channels (free to air locally), Eurosport player and Discovery+
A highlight show summing up the action on each of the offshore legs (two shows for the five-week third leg from South Africa to Brazil)

– Eurosport.com
Regular feature-length shows about life on board The Ocean Race boats will be available throughout the six months of the race.



Follow Team JAJO



Team JAJO - In Port Race Alicante and Leg 1

1. Jelmer van Beek – NED – skipper
2. Rutger Vos – NED – boat captain
3. Jorden van Rooijen – NED – bowman
4. Laura van Veen – NED – medic
5. Max Deckers – NED – navigator
6. Bouwe Bekking – NED – watch leader
7. Simbad Quiroga – ESP – trim/helmsman
8. Maja Micińska – POL – trim
9. Gregg Parker –  GBR –  grinder
10. Joy Fitzgerald –  GBR –  allround
11. Brend Schuil –  NED – OBR

A new future for Ocean sailor: Skipper Jelmer van Beek buys VO65 Team JAJO

20 juni 2025
Scheveningen, June 20, 2025 – Dutch ocean sailor Jelmer van Beek, who captained Team JAJO in the 2023 Ocean Race Sprint Cup, has purchased the iconic VO65 racing yacht from Sailing Holland. This acquisition marks a new chapter in his promising career, where competitive sailing, youth development, and brand activation come together. The boat will continue to be based in Scheveningen, The Hague.

Nieuwe toekomst voor oceaanzeiler: Schipper Jelmer van Beek koopt VO65 Team JAJO

20 juni 2025
Scheveningen, 20 juni 2025 – Jelmer van Beek, de Nederlandse oceaanzeiler die in 2023 als schipper van Team JAJO deelnam aan The Ocean Race Sprint Cup, heeft de iconische VO65-raceboot van Sailing Holland gekocht. De aankoop markeert een volgende stap in zijn veelbelovende carrière, waarin sport, jeugdontwikkeling en merkactivatie samenkomen. De boot blijft thuishaven houden in Scheveningen, Den Haag.

VIDEO: RECAP LEG 7

5 juli 2023
Leg 7, what a ride it was! Let’s look back at this challenging Leg. Difficult wind conditions, Orca’s hugging our boat and much more. Take an in-depth look into our final race!

TEAM JAJO WINS FINAL IN-PORT RACE THE OCEAN RACE

1 juli 2023
Team JAJO wins the final In-Port Race of the Ocean Race on Saturday afternoon. In Genova, the Dutch team of skipper Jelmer van Beek wins for the second time this edition an In-Port Race. In light weather conditions, Team JAJO dominates from start to finish, just like they did in The Hague. 

TEAM JAJO WINT IN GENUA DE AFSLUITENDE HAVENRACE VAN THE OCEAN RACE

1 juli 2023
Team JAJO weet zaterdagmiddag de afsluitende In-Port Race van de Ocean Race te winnen. In Genua wint het Nederlandse team van schipper Jelmer van Beek voor de tweede keer deze editie een havenrace. In licht weersomstandigheden domineert Team JAJO, net als in Den Haag, van start tot finish.

Sailor quotes after Leg 7

30 juni 2023
Some soundbites from the sailors after Stage 3 of The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint. Team JAJO crossed the finishing line in second place and secured the second place on the overall leaderboard.

Team JAJO second in Leg 7 and second overall in The Ocean Race Sprint Cup

27 juni 2023
Team JAJO finished second in in the final stage of The Ocean Race on Tuesday afternoon. With this second place, the Dutch-flagged team of skipper Jelmer van Beek secures the second place in the overall ranking of The Ocean Race Sprint Cup. Skipper Jelmer van Beek: happy, relieved and proud Van Beek: “We are very happy with the second place. As team we have always said: in Genoa it will come down to the last day. And that turned out to be the case. Fortunately, our decisions tonight were spot-on as was the boat handling. At the same time I am also relieved because you know that there is little wind here and it could have turned out differently this morning. Look at Trifork/Mirpuri, who have been battling with us for second for most of the race and could now easily finish fourth or fifth. As Team JAJO we can be proud of ourselves with this second place, we did very well. Not only in this last stage, but also in the previous two stages with a second and third place and a win at the In-Port Race at home in The Hague. Congratulations, of course, to the WindWhisper Racing Team who have shown to be of exceptional class in this race.”

TEAM JAJO ALS TWEEDE IN GENUA EN PAKT TWEEDE PLAATS IN THE OCEAN RACE

27 juni 2023
Team JAJO finishte dinsdagmiddag in de laatste etappe van The Ocean Race als tweede in de VO65 klasse. Met deze tweede plek verzekert het Nederlandse team van schipper Jelmer van Beek zich van de tweede plaats in het eindklassement van The Ocean Race Sprint Cup achter het Poolse Team WindWhisper, dat alle drie de etappes won. De laatste etappe bracht de vloot van Den Haag in twaalf dagen naar het Italiaanse Genua.

Orcas and finally a wet boat

25 juni 2023
SATURDAY JUNE 24 - 2000 UTC Hello, The last 48 hours have been pretty eventful. To start with our Orca encounter, just before the street of Gibraltar. I think most of you have seen the video's from our OBR Brend Schuil. Impressive to see those wonderful animals so close to the boat. A lot of (media) people asked me; have you been scared when they were hitting the rudders? Well the VO65 is a pretty safe boat, I have a good crew and we were close by land. Also, the other teams offered assistance straight away when we informed them on the radio to watch out for the orcas. So I never felt not safe. I actually realized how much I love this race and sailing with this team. However, when the orcas came back for the third time I knew we all have seen footage from boats that lost their rudders and in that case, we would maybe have retired from the race. Not finishing in the final leg would have been a real disappointment. Luckily the orcas left again. The damage is minor (as far as we know now) and we are racing again. I hope we can find a way how these beautiful animals and we sailors can live happily together out at sea like before this all started three years ago. And that this incident will become a nice story to tell to my future children :) Back to sailing: first of all, we enjoyed the conditions in the MED. We had some powerful upwinds and at the moment we are planning downwind with the big kite up. The boat got a nice saltwater shower. Today our navigator, Max Deckers, and I decided to go for a little split. We saw an opportunity close to Alicante and we made a 40nm split. Unfortunately, it did not work out and we are for now in 4th place. So we are on the hunt! 500 nm left to the finish in Genova. Cheers, Jelmer

Orca encounter Team JAJO: “This was a scary moment”

22 juni 2023
Team JAJO had direct encounters with orcas - killer whales - in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Gibraltar on Thursday afternoon. At that moment, the Dutch participant in The Ocean Race was second in the stage from The Hague to Genoa. After 15 minutes the incident was over, the orcas, the crew and the boat remained unharmed.
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