{"id":13332,"date":"2025-08-12T12:41:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/2025\/09\/16\/spectacular-collision-sends-two-boats-back-to-kiel-after-the-spectacular-start-of-the-ocean-race-europe\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:05:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:05:56","slug":"spectacular-collision-sends-two-boats-back-to-kiel-after-the-spectacular-start-of-the-ocean-race-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/2025\/08\/12\/spectacular-collision-sends-two-boats-back-to-kiel-after-the-spectacular-start-of-the-ocean-race-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectacular collision sends two boats back to Kiel after the spectacular start of the Ocean Race Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kiel, Germany<\/strong> \u2014 The first leg of <strong>The Ocean Race Europe 2025<\/strong> has begun with an unexpected and dramatic incident: a high-speed collision between <strong>Team Holcim PRB<\/strong> and <strong>Allagrande MAPEI<\/strong> Racing just minutes after the start.<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1oRV4M_05-Q?si=paiD9ETRlmWLXe0K\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Both IMOCAs have had to return immediately to the port of Kiel, where their shore teams are working against the clock to assess the damage and plan repairs. Luckily, all the crew are safe.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very sad, especially after all the team&#8217;s effort to be here&#8230; We&#8217;ve only covered a mile of the race,&#8221; commented Ambrogio Beccaria, skipper of Allagrande MAPEI Racing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From Team Holcim PRB, skipper Rosalin Kuiper confirmed that they have been forced to suspend the stage due to damage to the hull:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It is very disappointing for the whole team and for our competitors. We are going to repair as soon as possible and hopefully be on the starting line in Portsmouth.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Official Protest and Possible Re-Entry<\/h2>\n<p>The race director, Phil Lawrence, reported that Holcim PRB has filed a formal protest against Allagrande MAPEI Racing. The case will be evaluated by the International Jury on a date to be determined.<br \/>\nBoth teams hope to rejoin the competition, although the decision will depend on the extent of the repairs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ocean-race-europe-2025_01.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ocean-race-europe-2025_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ocean-race-europe-2025_01.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ocean-race-europe-2025_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ocean-race-europe-2025_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ocean-race-europe-2025_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ocean-race-europe-2025_01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Battle at the Front<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, the action on the water did not stop. Biotherm was the first to cross the Kiel Lighthouse scoring gate, securing two points, followed by Paprec Ark\u00e9a (1 point).<br \/>\nThe Canadian team Canada Ocean Racing \u2013 Be Water Positive surprised by placing third, ahead of Team Malizia and Team Amaala.<\/p>\n<h2>Upcoming Challenges<\/h2>\n<p>The fleet is now heading north, facing strong winds, complex currents and the passage under the iconic Great Belt Bridge in Denmark. Everything points to this first stage continuing to offer spectacular images and intense emotions.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ocean-race-Europe-2025_TORE_MAP_TORE_2025_V21_SCORING-GATES.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ocean-race-Europe-2025_TORE_MAP_TORE_2025_V21_SCORING-GATES.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1695\" height=\"1033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ocean-race-Europe-2025_TORE_MAP_TORE_2025_V21_SCORING-GATES.png 1695w, https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ocean-race-Europe-2025_TORE_MAP_TORE_2025_V21_SCORING-GATES-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ocean-race-Europe-2025_TORE_MAP_TORE_2025_V21_SCORING-GATES-1024x624.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ocean-race-Europe-2025_TORE_MAP_TORE_2025_V21_SCORING-GATES-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ocean-race-Europe-2025_TORE_MAP_TORE_2025_V21_SCORING-GATES-1536x936.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1695px) 100vw, 1695px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPhotos: \u00a9 Vincent Curutchet \/ The Ocean Race Europe 2025<\/p>\n<p>More information:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoceanrace.com\/en\/europe\/2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theoceanrace.com\/en\/europe\/2025<br \/>\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiel, Germany \u2014 The first leg of The Ocean Race Europe 2025 has begun with an unexpected and dramatic incident: a high-speed collision between Team Holcim PRB and Allagrande MAPEI Racing just minutes after the start. Both IMOCAs have had to return immediately to the port of Kiel, where their shore teams are working against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[211,202,203,204],"tags":[216,205,213,212,214,215],"class_list":["post-13332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-news","category-regattas","category-sailingboats-com","tag-allagrande-mapei","tag-competition-sailing","tag-imoca","tag-regattas","tag-team-holcim-prb","tag-the-ocean-race-europe-2025"],"acf":{"region":["world"]},"featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ocean-race-europe-2025_02-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13390,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13332\/revisions\/13390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forumnautico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}