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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 ...
For almost two years, the Les P'tits Doudous team has been working tirelessly to build a more environmentally-friendly monohull. Reused carbon from Airbus, titanium screws collected by caregivers... A ...
All the sailors in the Vendée Globe could make their own a slogan for a brand of cheese that has stuck in the collective memory: "Eating well is the beginning of happiness"! A statement that takes on ...
THE SKIPPERS SAID (11/40). Eight years ago he enchantedrace followers when he finished his race under jury rig after being dismaster 15 days before the line. Courageous, talented and tenacious, Conrad ...
More than half of the skippers who are about to take on the tenth Vendée Globe has a scientific collaboration project. They will sail with scientific measuring apparatus which will allow them to take ...
THE SKIPPERS SAID (36/40) Four years after her twelfth place in 2020-21 Clarisse Crémer, the fastest woman to sail solo non-stop around the world in the Vendée Globe, is back. She has overcome several ...
He is assured of making history. For the first time, a Chinese skipper will race on the Vendée Globe. In his own way, Jingkun Xu reflects the internationalisation of solo ocean racing and its ability ...
At 23, Violette Dorange is the youngest sailor in history to have completed Vendée Globe. Even having been warned by her team that she should expect a big welcome she was blown away by the number of ...
In less than 10 days the winner of the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe will be known. Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance, 1st), calm and determined, maintains a slight lead over Yoann Richomme ...
The six female skippers who took on this edition of the Vendee Globe - including the youngest skipper ever, male or female – are opening doors for women in sport and ocean sectors and raising ...
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 ...
The circumpolar current goes around Antarctica and carries the Vendée Globe skippers in their race around the South Pole. "It is the strongest of all ocean currents because no land obstacle stops it", ...