The reason for this was due to compression in the fleet caused by the weather systems in addition to the large number of competitive entries and some of the pre race favorites being among the non-finishers.

The main spectator negatives happened at a national level with the race village not getting the usual hundred of thousands of visitors.

[1] The openness of the skippers to media varied, with Pip Hare and Boris Herrmann engaging extensively with online broadcast.

It was won by French sailor Jean-Claude Goudon, whose user name was “tigrou26120,” finished in a time of 68 days, 22 hours, 16 minutes and 4 seconds.

Sailors had different objectives – from Ari Huusela on a lifetime adventure with the only aim to complete the race through to the long time challengers like Alex Thompson who had a win at all cost mentality.

[5] On day 22 of the race,  Kevin Escoffier (FRA)'s yacht, PRB, suddenly broke apart and sank in the Roaring Forties, 840 miles southwest of Cape Town.

The sailors that were involved in the rescue were awarded time compensation by the International Jury for their assistance with the following The introduction of hydrofoils to the 2016 edition of the race lead to their largescale adoption amongst the fleet.