The Race (yachting race)

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The Race was a round-the-world sailing race that started in Barcelona, Spain, on December 31, 2000.

The race was created by Bruno Peyron, and it was the first ever non-stop, no-rules, no-limits, round-the-world sailing event, with a $2 million US prize.

The stated objectives of this race were:

• to unite the different maritime cultures of the world
• to gather together the world's premiere yachtsmen and women in a common event
• to promote creativity in ocean sailing
• to ally high technology and the environment
• to create the most spectacular and most prestigious fleet of offshore racers that sailing has ever seen

A second race was planned for 2004, but was cancelled amid controversy that Tracy Edwards had organised a competing event called Oryx Quest.