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Over the winter, while the boat has been in refit, Scott Shawyer, president and skipper of Canada Ocean Racing, hasn’t stood still.  [vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]   How do IMOCA sailors prepare for solo racing over winter? This has been a detailed, hands-on phase of...

27 March, 2026

2026 is a year in which we go deep on preparing Scott for life as a solo racing sailor. It will be shaped by preparation, training and competing.  [vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Winter Refit - Gosport, UK It starts in the quieter winter...

12 February, 2026

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] From the outside, it may look like we’ve been accelerating for a while, but the truth is, this is the first full year the campaign has been under our own control. And what a year it has...

16 December, 2025

Just over a year ago, we invited applications to join our inaugural Youth Pathway Programme, which is designed to support offshore sailing amongst young Canadians. Out of the 40+ applicants, four made it through, two male and two female. Adrien De Pas was one of...

17 November, 2025

Podcast: Scott recently took part in a podcast series about people chasing big adventures shortly after he and the team completed the 4,500-mile Ocean Race Europe in Emira IV, our IMOCA 60 foiling ocean racer.   That race was just a warm-up for Scott’s ultimate ambition of...

13 November, 2025

We finished Leg 4 in 5th place after an exciting battle with Team Malizia - will the final Leg 5 deliver a podium? 7 September 2025: As we enter the final leg - the longest leg of the event - the race is on as teams...

07 September, 2025

Scott shares his views on why this could be a spicy leg and what he hopes to learn about the boat as they sprint from Spain to France As Canada Ocean Racing - Be Water Positive heads into the next leg of The Ocean Race Europe,...

27 August, 2025

Jazz Turner joined us in the Pro-Am and sat down with Pip Hare to share her experience of Emira IV At Friday’s Pro Am race in Portsmouth, UK (15 August 2025), we were honoured to welcome Jazz Turner – the first disabled sailor to complete a solo, unassisted circumnavigation...

19 August, 2025
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