We are pleased to announce that the DMG MORI sailing team and its stunning new IMOCA class will be joining our quest to collect much-needed data in the Southern Ocean by hosting TRICUSO’s innovated SubCtech OceanPack™ RACE during the Ocean Race – Round the World 2027.

A group picture of three men and three women smiling at the camera and posing behind the SubCtech OceanPack instrument that will be installed on the DMG MORI Global One racing yacht. In the background are the IMOCA logo and the TRICUSO banner.
At the OceanPack work in September in Lorient, France: Stefan Raimund (The Ocean Race) Lucie Knor (GEOMAR), Pierre-Yves Henard (DMG MORI Sailing Team), Eline Brazidec (IMOCA), Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR), Arisa Moriya (DMG MORI Sailing Team).

Powered by the wind and the deft skill of the team, racing yachts make for an excellent citizen science platform to collect CO2 measurements in under-observed regions of the Ocean where few maritime ships travel.

The racing yacht DMG MORI Global One in laying in the harbour.

Where weight and space are limited and each centimetre and gram is a precious commodity, making room for instruments onboard is a commitment to scientific research that will help us better understand the ocean and climate change. To level the playing field, the Ocean Race now requires that all yachts participating in the Round the World event must be equipped with instruments. 

Two male sailors studying the OceanPack instrument attentively.
Studying the OceanPack, Stefan Raimund and Pierre-Yves Henard.

In a labour of love for the ocean, sailors are embracing this challenge, enthusiastically learning how to maintain the system and ensure it’s working properly during the race, most often while they are being tossed around in strong waves at high speed.

Two women, a sailor and a scientist, posing in front of the DMG MORI Global One Racing yacht in the harbour.
Lucie Knor (right) and Arisa Moriya (left) with the DMG Global One IMOCA.

About DMG MORI Sailing Team

  • The team is led by Skipper Kojiro Shiraishi who holds the distinction of being the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe during a 176-day journey in 1994 when was 26. 
  • The bespoke DMG MORI Global One is a new 2026 IMOCA class. Designed by Guillaume Verdier, its launch was the culmination of two years of passionate and dynamic collaboration to develop a truly innovative racing yacht.
  • Its maiden race was the Ocean Race Atlantic 2026. It placed third.
  • Next up is January’s Ocean Race Round the World.

Meet the dedicated team of professional sailors and read the remarkable, full story about the extraordinary Global One IMOCA here.

About the SubCtech OceanPack™ RACE

  • Developed by TRICUSO partner SubCtech, the OceanPack is a compact pCO2 system designed to collect measurements in rough, sailing conditions. It continuously measures CO2 and companion parameters: including water temperature, salinity and cell temperature — straight from the flowing seawater.
  • As part of the TRICUSO project, the team at partner GEOMAR has been working toward improving the quality of data the system returns through long-term trials in in situ conditions; the instrument will be further tested during the 2027 Ocean Race – Round the World onboard the DMG MORI Global One. 

Learn more about this important work here.

One of the key strands of TRICUSO’s objective to strengthen the Southern Ocean observation value chain is built around the involvement of ships of opportunity, such as racing yachts. The collaboration with IMOCA, SubCtech, the Ocean Race and DMG MORI demonstrates the success of this evolving partnership between science, industry, professional sports and citizens.

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