Sliding south to the roadblock
Having passed west of the Canaries now the Vendée Globe leaders are set to really come into much lighter winds as they negotiate the east side of an anticyclone which will impede their course south.
22:00 UTC : Sam Goodchild is leading the fleet !
Four days, four leaders Lunven on top
Day four of the Vendée Globe solo non-stop race around the world brings another new leader. As the leaders pass the latitude of the Canary Islands, where they might normally find the trade winds blowing to carry them down towards the Cape Verdes and the Equator beyond, the breeze is lightening and…
Mast Climb by Skipper Szabolcs WEORES on NEW EUROPE
Yoann Richomme : "It was a surprise this morning to lead the fleet"
Sam Goodchild : "I have just stopped in a raincloud for 25 minutes"
Discover the official water bottle
Madeira's cloud conundrum
As the Vendée Globe leaders have passed Maderia there has been a bit of a compression as the pacemakers run first into the more complicated, slower conditions while those behind them retain the breeze. Leader Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) seems to have profited and moved out to a 16 nautical miles…
Breaking records and unlucky breaks
The Portuguese islands of Madeira will be passed later today by the leaders of the tenth edition of the Vendée Globe but while the top boats are looking to stay clear and avoid the substantial lee of the island group, the windbreak effect of the high jagged Picos is set to be used by several…
