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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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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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O Canada’s Canada Day Debut


TORONTO, ON — 1 July 2015 After sailing coast to coast, Canada’s premier offshore racing team kicks off their summer tour appropriately on Canada Day with charity sails that bring two special youth groups on board the IMOCA60 racing yacht, O Canada. The first group hailed from Toronto Brigantine, a Tall Ship organization for local

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Call for Talent: Join COR for the Lake Ontario 300


TORONTO, ON — 19 June 2015   In less than a month, IMOCA Open 60 O Canada and the Canadian Ocean Racing team will compete in the Lake Ontario 300.  This will be the new team’s second race together after sailing coast to coast from Vancouver to Toronto via the Panama Canal. O Canada will

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