
MF Racing Team — 30 December 2022
Mirpuri Foundation in The Ocean Race 2023
The Mirpuri Foundation will play a part in The Ocean Race for the third consecutive time, as its Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team competes for The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint Cup. FOLLOW...

MF Racing Team — 30 June 2022
Raising awareness during the UN Ocean Conference
Yesterday the Mirpuri Foundation’s “Racing for the Planet” V065 racing yacht was commandeered by the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) to engage in a voyage designed to bring awareness...

MF Racing Team — 30 August 2021
Cascais Vela 2021 Winners!
The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team won the Trophy for Line Honours 1st in Cascais Vela 2021. The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team, which recently won The Ocean Race Europe, was awarded the...

MF Racing Team — 11 August 2021
Climate Change red alert
The latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report, stating that human activities have changed the Earth’s climate in an irreversible way, should put us all in red alert. The Mirpuri Foundation Racing...

MF Racing Team — 13 July 2021
Honoring Ceremonies in Portugal
The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team has been honored by the Portuguese Government after the winning of the Ocean Race Europe. The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team has been honored by the Portuguese...

MF Racing Team — 19 June 2021
MF Racing Team wins The Ocean Race Europe
Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team has won the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe, claiming victory in the final coastal race of the event this afternoon in Genoa, Italy. Led by...

MF Racing Team — 9 June 2021
Winners of TORE Leg 2
Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team has won the second leg of The Ocean Race Europe, arriving in Alicante, Spain this morning. Led by skipper Yoann Richomme, the team’s Racing For The Planet...

MF Racing Team — 2 June 2021
Highlights from the first leg
Highlights from the opening leg of The Ocean Race Europe, from Lorient to our team home of Cascais. Images: Martin Keruzoré and Marc Bow. ...

MF Racing Team — 31 May 2021
Monday light spot
MARTINS BLOG: LEG 1, DAY 3 On deck, everyone is looking for signs on the surface of the sea, a little gust that can fill our sails and push us, metre...

MF Racing Team — 29 May 2021
Here we go!
MARTINS BLOG: LEG 1, DAY 1 After more than a year of training and planning, we are heading to the start line of The Ocean Race Europe here in Lorient. Everyone onboard...

MF Racing Team — 28 May 2021
Racing to win The Ocean Race Europe
After over a year of planning and preparation, the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team is finnaly about to cross the start line of The Ocean Race Europe. The new three-stage offshore sailing...

MF Racing Team — 19 May 2021
The End of the Beginning
The next episode in our series takes you behind the scenes with the team in the final days of training, before departing for the start of The Ocean Race Europe. ...

MF Racing Team — 15 April 2021
Helly Hansen Partnership
Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team is proud to welcome Helly Hansen to the team as an official partner ahead of The Ocean Race Europe, which is scheduled to take place in...

MF Racing Team — 12 February 2021
Meet the Team
Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team skipper Yoann Richomme has confirmed an all-star crew of eight sailors for this summer’s inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe. The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team was...

MF Racing Team — 8 January 2021
Meet the shore crew
2021 is here and the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team is busy planning for the year ahead. Meet the shore crew. ...

MF Racing Team — 29 October 2020
Offshore Sailing Training Session
Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team Offshore Sailing Training Session ...

MF Racing Team — 8 October 2020
Winners of Cascais Vela 2020
The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team won the Trophy for Line Honours 1st in Cascais Vela 2020. It’s been an excellent long weekend of racing in the Cascais Vela organised by the...

MF Racing Team — 9 July 2020
First Race, First Win
First Race, First Win. Join our skipper Yoann Richomme and the star studded crew he assembled for Racing for the Planet first ever race, the inaugural Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy. ...

MF Racing Team — 14 April 2020
The Ocean Race route for the 21-22 edition
Interview to Yoann Richomme, Skipper of the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team, in Yacht Racing Life magazine about the route for the next edition of The Ocean Race. Based in Lorient, the hotbed of French...

MF Racing Team — 20 March 2020
Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team Tryouts
Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team looks back on initial sailor trials ahead of Ocean Race campaign The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team began its sailor trials programme last month to prepare for the...

MF Racing Team — 11 February 2020
Do you have what it takes?
“We are not only looking at CVs, The Ocean Race is a challenge like no other and each edition is unique.” “We are looking for skill, attitude and what individuals can...

MF Racing Team — 4 February 2020
Yoann Richomme announced as Skipper for the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team
The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team announces that Yoann Richomme will skipper the team’s ‘Racing for the Planet’ boat in the 2021 edition of The Ocean Race, the world’s longest and...

MF Racing Team — 13 December 2019
Sailing onboard Racing for the Planet
Sundowner sail onboard Mirpuri Foundation VO65 Racing for the Planet. Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team will be racing in the next edition of The Ocean Race, with an underlying sustainability message that will also...

MF Racing Team — 15 November 2019
The launch of Racing for the Planet
The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team has ‘baptised’ its VO65 Ocean Race Boat ‘Racing for the Planet’, in a dance-filled ceremony at the Marina de Cascais, in Portugal. The spectacular launch was...

MF Racing Team — 15 November 2019
The VO65 Racing for the Planet boat
The Mirpuri Foundation’s entry for the next edition of the Ocean Race, named ‘Racing for the Planet’, is a VO65 class monohull racing yacht. Such yachts, originally designed by Farr Yacht...

MF Racing Team — 11 November 2019
Background of the Team
As the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team begins its preparations for the upcoming global Ocean Race, we take a closer look at what the Team will be seeking to achieve both...