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Beyou approaching Cape Finisterre, Goodchild completes repair
Jérémie Beyou has under 500 miles to the finish but the skipper of Charal is still holding to modest speeds as he climbs the Portuguese then Galician coast towards Cape Finisterre which he should pass this morning. After the big gale winds are easing. Seas will be very confused.
Water bottles Gobi
The final frontier in the North Atlantic
Storms and damage in the final days, close to the finish of the Vendée Globe, are not uncommon. Tired boats and brutally fatigued sailors are a combination doubly challenged by winter gales in the North Atlantic.
Alan Roura : « being as east as possible »
The final miles feel the hardest
The lead group on the water are dealing with the strong winds near the centre of the low pressure system, trying as best as possible to keep their boats under control, reined back. Following Sam Goodchild’s mainsail tear on Vulnerable the British skipper remains on a more open, downwind angle and…
Equator crossing times (return)
Adapting to broken dreams
With less than 1200 miles or about three days of racing left to the Les Sables d’Olonne finish line of his first Vendée Globe, British skipper Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) had his best chances of finishing in fourth place ripped from his grasp in a few seconds when his IMOCA made a pair of…
Sam Davies : "the wind's going to be changing"
