Skipper Charlie Enright and the 11th Hour Racing Team won their third leg in a row, finishing Leg 6 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 in first place, arriving into The Hague, The Netherlands on Sunday morning after 2 days 18 hours 11 minutes and 52 seconds at sea. The result was in doubt until the final moments as Enright’s team raced within shouting distance of Team Holcim-PRB and Team Malizia until they sailed across the finish line.

“I’m elated,” said Enright, as he waved to the crowd soon after crossing the finish line. “It has been a crazy leg. We were in a tacking duel with Holcim thirty miles offshore. It wasn’t going to be over until it was over.”

The final approach to The Hague required one short upwind section where the boats were criss-crossing within meters with each tack, but Enright's crew held their nerve and made the final turn south with a small lead they would manage to hold through the finishing line. 

"They crossed ahead of us, we were actually behind with about 25-30 miles to go," Enright said in disbelief at the intensity of the racing. "But a big thanks to everyone on board just never giving up the fight and digging in and always believing.”

The 11th Hour Racing Team leads the Ocean Race with 33 points after winning Leg 6, Leg 5 at Newport and Leg 4 at Aarhus, Denmark. Team Holcim-PRB is in second with 31 points and Team Malizia is in third with 27 points. Biotherm is a distant fourth with 19 points and GUYOT has bowed out of the race with just 2 points.  

Team Holcim-PRB finished the race just 12 minutes behind the 11th Hour team. Skipper Benjamin Schwartz and his team crossed the finishing line after fending off a late charge from Team Malizia who finished within 15 minutes of Enright and his crew. 

"This was a very intense leg," said Schwartz. "We pushed as hard as we could and now we have to focus on the final leg into Genova."