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O CANADA – Under New Management


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2017 Toronto — As the Canadian sailing season kicks off, the Canadian Ocean Racing team announces new management and programming for the IMOCA60 O CANADA. After two years of campaigning the open 60 racing vessel built in Canada, the team has expanded to offer more international racing opportunities for Canadians and youth around the world

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Giant Containers and Canadian Ocean Racing Announce Technical Partnership Providing Team Base Facilities for O Canada


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Giant Containers, one of the world’s leading shipping container modification, sales and rental companies, and Canadian Ocean Racing (COR), Canada’s premier IMOCA Open 60 racing program, today announced the donation of a 20 foot shipping container to the open 60 team base. This partnership allows the shore crew of O Canada to have a workshop

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Jetboil and Canadian Ocean Racing Announce Technical Partnership


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Jetboil and Canadian Ocean Racing Announce Technical Partnership Advancing the Cooking Facilities Onboard O Canada. Jetboil, the world’s leading brand of outdoor cooking systems, and Canadian Ocean Racing (COR), Canada’s premier IMOCA Open 60 racing program, today announced the integration of Jetboil’s award-winning cooking stoves onto O Canada, Canada’s fastest ocean racing sailboat. This partnership

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Calling all Artists


Our international offshore racing yacht, O Canada, is looking for a new design on her main sail, and we want you to design it! The contest will run until June 1st, at which point we will review all designs and choose a winner! If you win, your artwork will be the centerfold of our IMOCA

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Help Bring O CANADA Back Home


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Help Bring O CANADA Back Home Canadian Ocean Racing announces 2016 plans and welcomes fans onboard for journey back home TORONTO, ON  — 22 February 2016 After three Atlantic crossings in three months, Canadian Ocean Racing is now preparing for the first transat of 2016, and fans are welcome aboard! One year after the team’s founding,

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O Canada Heads to Azores for Repairs


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O Canada Heads to Azores for Repairs 16 December 2015 — At 1030UTC Skipper Eric Holden of Canadian Ocean Racing contacted Transat Saint Barths race office to inform the Ocean Masters governing body that he will head to the Azores due to keel issues. Holden’s open 60 O Canada is the third boat in the

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Holden Prepares for First Solo Race


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GUSTAVIA, Saint Barthelemy — 6 December 2015  The start line of the Transat Saint Barths, the first solo race for the IMOCA class this year, is indicative of the struggle for all teams to get to this point. Regardless of budget or skills, all of the IMOCA class had a tough journey to join this race, and

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Better Late than Never – Transat Jacques Vabre


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LE HAVRE, FRANCE — 22 October 2015 For Canadian Ocean Racing, getting to the start line of the Transat Jacques Vabre race on 25 October will be a win. The team has had a long journey to their first IMOCA-class race — facing many challenges including a circumnavigation of North America, funding woes, an Atlantic

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Executive Crew Crosses Atlantic


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The ocean teaches us a lot about ourselves, teams and leadership. Canadian Ocean Racing is proud to launch its Executive Crew program with 4 talented professionals from different backgrounds — all joining the Canadian Ocean Racing team for the challenge of a lifetime. So a lawyer, a doctor, an investor and a CEO walk onto a

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