Where is the NEXT route? | Cracking the code of The Ocean Race track 

Well done again Nial keep the drive alive.

Great update Niall, exciting news...

Newport RI was a good time.

I would love see many stopovers all over Europe!🎉

Great to catch up. Looking forward - a all female boats has the power to shift the race to a new level - look at Woman's Rugby

Loved getting to see the race up close in Newport!

Nice update. Thx.

Please come to Fremantle Australia

Nice to think about next race🎉. It’s always well done! Thanks

Great report Niall and so good to see Charlie again , wondering if he’ll sail again since 11th Hour Racing boat is gone; excitingly just read about the New York Vendée Race (May 29 in Manhattan) where 31 IMOCAs will race / parade before departing for France; lamented not making it to Freeport, RI the last two Ocean Races so this time is not to be missed; hello Malizia! Holcim PRB, CHARAL! and pretty DUBREIL (formerly 11th Hour😊) with their courageous solo skippers …cool reason to visit the big Apple

The advances in speed and distance really are very dramatic, last year I read Peter Blake’s book about the 1981-82 race with logbook entries recording every day’s run and doing a 300-mile day was considered INCREDIBLE for Ceramco and only possible in the Southern Ocean. I think everyone will always have their greatest affection for the route from the first edition they followed, so for me that’s 2017-18 and it still looks pretty close to perfection, but I know the dip from Australia up to China had issues because it was such a high-traffic region, there was a piracy threat, and Hong Kong harbor was so busy that Vestas had their accident. So I’d say my ideal would be roughly the 2017-18 route but with Cape Verde added, and the Pacific leg being straight from Australia to NZ and then across the Pacific. (Really we just need to get AU/NZ back!) But there is always room for change and improvement, another stop in India like in 2008 would be interesting. It seems like the Itajai-Newport leg always takes the boats pretty close to Bermuda, so maybe break that leg up with a stopover there? There’s just always so many possibilities! I like the follow-up interview with Charlie, it’s nice to see what life is actually like between the races for the sailors.

Niall, what boat are you soloing, it looks pretty snappy 😊

Please have one the stop overs in Newport. I went to the stop in Newport and had a great time

I had such fun watching TOR, sure wish the other offshore races had OBRs, can't wait until 27!

Pretty cool and informative preview. Really looking forward to the next editions in 25 and 27. Will be again in one of the host cities 😎 Question ... I'm asking myself which boat Niall is sailing at the beginning and end of the video. Thought that I know most of those performance boats at this size ... but: no idea 🤔

Better stop in Auckland i say

Is Croatia out of the question? It is one of the most picturesque sailing destinations in the world.

I hope the British Isles/ United Kingdom are under consideration...not much of a mention here.

I assume port cities/hosting might also have something to do with it? By-passing Australia and New Zealand in total was disappointing to me this time.

Hi Charlie from Mid-Usa

Will the next edition of the Ocean Race feature two classes of boats? Will both classes sail the whole course?

Greece please 😢

Now listen to me... The golden days of The Ocean Race were the days of OR and IOR boats, and the race main sponsor was Whitbread. We need to change direction, because the race has become the playground to only few very professional teams. We should incorporate model from Sidney to Hobart and Fastnet races where Yacht owners can attend and where super maxis compete for the line of honors. No leg points, but total time like in the good old days. No show sailing but only good old ocean racing with legs of thousands of miles. Make it traditional again and allow many to participate. Make it one of the great again.

Forget the route. Can we get more than just a handful of boats?

That's Cork and not Galway!