Good times
As the fleet leaders finally angle southwards and line up with the breeze looking more established again, Briton Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) has gained a useful lead at the front of the Vendée Globe fleet. As the race runs into its second week, some 300 nautical miles NWW of the Cape Verde Islands,…
Sam Goodchild leads again!
Burton is repairing and fighting on
Play it again Sam! Goodchild on the rise again as Sébastien Simon takes the lead
Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil), the French skipper who grew up in Les Sables d’Olonne with the Vendée Globe as the backdrop to his life, is Sunday’s new leader of the solo non-stop round the world race. The 34 year-old, who had to withdraw into Cape Town from his first Vendée Globe challenge…
NEW EUROPE Safely Moored in Las Palmas and still in the race
Discover the official water bottle
Armel Tripon: "Salvation will come from the West"
SUNDAY RACE ANALYSIS. Armel Tripon who finished 11th on the last edition of the Vendée Globe was guest on the Vendée LIVE! on Saturday. Of course he is keeping a keen eye on the race. He joins us to decipher the current situation, in particular welcoming the decision of the skippers who chose the…
Le Cam without a storm
As one week on since the start of the Vendée Globe passes at 1302hrs today, Sunday, it is still Jean Le Cam who is leading the race on Tout commence en Finistère- Armor lux but, whilst his continues to sail more directly south closer to the African coast, he has been making relatively slow speeds…
Damage on board the IMOCA Bureau Vallée (updated)
