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Samantha Davies: "It has passed fast because I had so much fun!"

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One headsail fewer for Richomme

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COURSE, 09 JANVIER 2025 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau MACIF Santé Prévoyance lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 09 janvier 2025. (Photo du skipper Charlie Dalin)
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Kojiro Shiraishi: "At this point, it's not racing. I'm more surviving in this storm."

RACE, JANUARY 09, 2025 : Photo sent from the boat DMG MORI Global One during the Vendee Globe sailing race on January 9, 2025. (Photo by skipper Kojiro Shiraishi)

"I just hope to get out of this storm without harm"

After exactly two months at sea a big low pressure system has been battering a group of six competitors off the Falkland Islands. Meanwhile, others including Eric Bellion (Stand as One – ALTAVIA, 27th), Arnaud Boissières (La Mie Câline, 28th) and Violette Dorange (Devenir, 29th), who rounded Cape…

COURSE, 09 JANVIER 2025 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau DeVenir lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 09 janvier 2025. (Photo du skipper Violette Dorange) Cap Horn
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Après le cap, la tempête ! | Daily recap |  Vendée Globe 2024
À bord d'Hublot (Alan Roura).

Day 60, are we still having fun?

On the Vendée Globe today there are two skippers in particular who are on ice watch, Antoine Cornic, HUMAN Immobilier in 31st position and in 32nd place Chinese skipper Jingkun Xu, (Singchain Team Haikou). In the south of the South Atlantic there are a group of six who are fighting it out in the …

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ETA for the first skippers January 14

À bord de MACIF Santé Prévoyance (Charlie Dalin).

DISCOVERING DALIN

PORTRAITS OF THE LEADERS (1/3). Who are the current leaders of the Vendée Globe? A few days before the finish is a good time to reflect on who actually are the three skippers currently on the provisional podium: Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance), Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) and Sébastien…

Sam Goodchild: "everything is starting to get tired"

COURSE, 08 JANVIER 2025 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau Biotherm lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 08 janvier 2025. (Photo du skipper Paul Meilhat)
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RACE, JANUARY 08, 2025 : Photo sent from the boat Initiatives-Coeur during the Vendee Globe sailing race on January 08, 2025. (Photo by skipper Sam Davies)
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Azores high beckons for leaders, a final hurdle?

Just over 400 miles northwest of the Cape Verde islands the two Vendée Globe leaders are making good progress northwards although Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) is starting to slow due to the lighter winds of the Azores high pressure zone’s lighter winds.