After a truly unforgettable weekend during which five skippers finished their Vendée Globes and enjoyed their welcome back into the Les Sables d’Olonne channel, there are six racers still out on the ...

The Marion Dufresne provides two main functions, oceanographic research for the French Oceanographic Fleet under the responsibility of Ifremer, and logistics for the French sub-Antarctic islands - ...

Now that the skippers are well into their circumnavigation of Antarctic it’s a good time to learn about the polar scientific stations which are situated in some of the most remote, hostile parts of ...

The last three skippers competing in the Vendée Globe are into their last days racing. Manuel Cousin (Coup de Pouce, 31st) is expected to finish on Friday. Getting closer to land he now has to be ...

Consider Cape Horn, an imposing black coloured lonely lump of rock. 425 metres high, 12 km² at the end of the world, swept by violent storms. All in all a very hostile, lonely area to work at. Welcome ...

Emerging jubilant from a cold final night at sea Chinese skipper Jingkun Xu fulfilled a goal which has possessed him for many years when he crossed the finish line of the 10th edition of the Vendée ...

In the old days, icebergs in the Antarctic could completely disrupt shipping routes. Today, the number of icebergs is directly linked to changes in sea levels. Ice and shipping have not always gone ...

Now having logged 115 days at sea Denis Ven Weynbergh is the last skipper still racing in this Vendée Globe. The Belgian skipper of D’Ieteren Group (33rd) is exhausted from the constant effort, the ...

Well, the emotions are indescribable. It’s the result of so much work! I’m happy to have won this Vendée Globe, this veritable monument of ocean racing, and to join this very exclusive club of winners ...

After one long, cold final night fighting through light winds off the Brittany coast, Charlie Dalin, the French skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance crossed the Vendée Globe finish line this Tuesday ...

Arnaud Boissières, skipper of the recently dismasted La Mie Câline has been forced to retire from the race in the end. He took this decision on Sunday and officialised it with race management. The ...

Racing what is almost certainly the most extreme sailing event in the world, Vendée Globe skippers are subjected to particularly testing conditions for the human body. Between the permanent damp and ...