11th Hour Racing Team produce perfect timing to take In-Port race ahead of Leg 4 of The Ocean Race 2022-23

The American team and skipper Charlie Enright timed their start perfectly and although Team Holcim-PRB put up a bit of a fight at the start no boats were able to keep up with the pace of the leaders.

And so it proved to be as 11th Hour Racing Team continued to pull away and eventually came home for an impressive victory.

The real drama was coming behind them as Holcim-PRB started to suffer in the final stretches, with poor timing of turns.

That led to them being overtaken not only by Team Biotherm but also Team Malizia, under new skipper Will Harris.

“In conditions like this, it’s never over until it’s over,” said Enright after the race.

“I can’t say enough for the guys down below who do all the work. It’s a good day for us here in Brazil.”

Paul Meilhat was delighted with Biotherm’s performance saying “Our boatspeed was really good and the manoeuvres were also good, which is a bit of a surprise because it’s really the first opportunity for all the crew, which shows they are really strong,

“This is a good sign for Biotherm ahead of the Atlantic race to Newport.”

The win for 11th Hour Racing Team means they sit atop the In-Port race standings alone on 13 points, with Malizia in second on 11 points.

Team Biotherm and Holcim-PRB are next level on seven points and GUYOT environnement – Team Europe sit bottom on five points.

The fourth leg of The Ocean Race 2022-23 begins 17:15 GMT.

You can watch the full replay of the In-Port race below.

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