New team name & purpose: Be Water Positive Sailing Team
Canada Ocean Racing today unveils its new team name Be Water Positive. With their mission still to be the first Canadian team to complete the Vendée Globe, they will also be raising awareness and promoting what it is to Be Water Positive.
Martin Strömberg Joins as Co-Skipper for Rolex Fastnet Race
Canada Ocean Racing today announced Martin Strömberg (SWE) as the co-skipper for the upcoming Rolex Fastnet Race. With his impressive sailing credentials and dedication to the sport, Strömberg brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the team
A race recap and thank you from skipper Scott
I am ecstatic to have just completed my first IMOCA Series race after just one short year since beginning this adventure! It was absolutely amazing experience to be racing against the legends of shorthanded offshore sailing on the fastest ocean going monohulls in the world!
Canadians Scott Shawyer and Ryan Barkey finish the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race
This evening at 16:32:25 co-skippers of Canada Ocean Racing Shawyer & Barkey crossed the finish line in Brest, France with an elapsed time of 5 days, 2 hours, 35 minutes and 25 seconds.
Our first IMOCA Race the Guyader Bermudes 1000
Canadian sailors Scott Shawyer and Ryan Barkey today began the Guyader – Bermudes 1000 Race, the team’s first ever IMOCA Globe Series Race.
Canadian duo ready for the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race
Canada Ocean Racing is ready to start the highly anticipated Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race, set to take place from May 7, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. The course is 1200-mile loop in the Atlantic via the Fastnet at the southwestern tip of Ireland and a Gallimard Waypoint located northwest of Cape Finisterre.
Scott Shawyer announces fellow Canadian Ryan Barkey as Co-skipper
Today, Canada Ocean Racing announces 31-year-old Ryan Barkey as co-Skipper to Scott Shawyer for the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race.
A record-breaking start for Canada Ocean Racing
The Canadian flagged team, led by President & Skipper Scott Shawyer from Ontario, has broken the Royal Ocean Racing Club Transatlantic (RORC) Transatlantic Course Record in the doublehanded class by more than 8 hours.
Canada Ocean Racing finish the Royal Ocean Racing Club Transatlantic Race.
Racing double handed, skippers Scott Shawyer and Alan Roberts finish the first race in Canada Ocean Racing history. Finishing with a time of 9 days 12 hours 57 minutes 53 seconds places the duo as 2nd in IRC super zero & Monohull Line honours.
A Textbook Start to the Royal Ocean Racing Club Transatlantic
The Canada Ocean Racing IMOCA 60 team co–skippered by Scott Shawyer and Alan Roberts and accompanied by onboard reporter Richard Mardens started the 3000-mile Transatlantic race today at 14:10 GMT. The race left from Lanzarote, Canary Islands, and the fleet is heading to Grenada in the Caribbean.