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'''''11th Hour Racing'''''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.11thhourracingteam.org/|title=11th Hour Racing}}</ref> is a [[IMOCA 60]] class yacht competing in the [[2023 The Ocean Race]]. Is named after 11th Hour Racing, a program of The Schmidt Family Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://11thhourracing.org/about-us|title=About Us|website=11th Hour Racing}}</ref> The team was previously known as [[Vestas 11th Hour Racing]] after its then title sponsors: a wind turbine manufacturer [[Vestas|Vestas Wind Systems A/S]] but after the [[COVID-19]] pandemic disruption the team changed yacht class to [[IMOCA 60]] and no longer had Vestas as a sponsor.
 
The team finished fifth in the [[2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race]] and in the [[2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race]], when she was known as '''''Team Alvimedica''''' and skippered by [[Charlie Enright]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/teams.html|title=Meet the teams|first=Volvo Ocean|last=Race|publisher=|accessdate=31 July 2017}}</ref>
 
Between the two races, ''Vestas 11th Hour Racing'' was extensively refitted along with the other Volvo Ocean 65's.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.windcheckmagazine.com/in_it_to_win_it_vestas_11th_hour_racing_s_charlie_enright_mark_towill_on_the_volvo_ocean_race|title=In It to Win It! Vestas 11th Hour Racing's Charlie Enright & Mark Towill on the Volvo Ocean Race}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2017/10/19/charlie-enright-grizzled-kid/|title = Charlie Enright: The Grizzled Kid >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News|date = 19 October 2017}}</ref>