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When the music is good at sea!
What if the open sea made skippers love music even more strongly? All the sailors have hundreds of songs on board; some play a track to immortalise a special moment, while others sing at the top of their lungs. Like Thomas Ruyant with the electronic musician “Molécule” four years ago, Éric Bellion…
Water bottles Gobi
Steering problem on board FOUSSIER
The unstoppable rise of Yoann Richomme
PORTRAITS OF LEADERS (2/3). Who are the current leaders of the Vendée Globe? A handful of days before the finish, we offer you a series of portraits of the three skippers who are most likely to finish on the podium: Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance), Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) and Sébastien…
A problematic day for many skippers
After two months at sea it’s little surprise that more breakages are emerging in the fleet, and double Vendée Globe winner Michel Desjoyeaux's famous precept – "one problem a day in the Vendée Globe" – has certainly rung true today. Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA, 2nd) lost his J0 headsail which…
Samantha Davies: "It has passed fast because I had so much fun!"
Broken J2 hook for Malizia - Seaexplorer
One headsail fewer for Richomme
Kojiro Shiraishi: "At this point, it's not racing. I'm more surviving in this storm."
"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…
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 …
