The Barcelona World Race is a non-stop, round-the-world yacht race

Yacht racing

Yacht racing is the sport of competitive yachting.While sailing groups organize the most active and popular competitive yachting, other boating events are also held world-wide: speed motorboat racing; competitive canoeing, kayaking, and rowing; model yachting; and navigational contests Yacht racing...

 for crews of two, sailed on Open 60 IMOCA

International Monohull Open Classes Association

The International Monohull Open Class Association is an international association within the sport of sailing which administers the monohull class of sailboats...

 monohull boats. Following the Clipper route

Clipper route

In sailing, the clipper route was the traditional route sailed by clipper ships between Europe and the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. The route ran from west to east through the Southern Ocean, in order to make use of the strong westerly winds of the Roaring Forties...

, it starts and finishes in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

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The inaugural race, contested in 2007-2008 by nine boats, was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall

Damian Foxall

Damian Foxall is an Irish sailor from County Kerry. He is very well known in international offshore sailing circles and won the 2007/2008 Barcelona World Race, sailing with co-skipper Jean Pierre Dick on the Open 60 Paprec-Virbac...

 on the boat Paprec-Virbac 2 in a time of 92 days. The second edition of the race started on 31 December 2010 and was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and Loïck Peyron

Loïck Peyron

Loïck Peyron, born 1 December 1959 in Nantes, is a French yachtsman, younger brother of the yachtsman Bruno Peyron.He is particularly famous for winning many races in the 1990s on board his trimaran Fujicolor...

on Virbac-Paprec 3 in a time of 93 days 22 hours 20 min 36 sec.