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ETA for the first skippers January 14
Great expectations
Vendée Globe leader Charlie Dalin(MACIF Santé Prévoyance) is well into the final 24 hours of his Vendée Globe, knowing now that the victory he so narrowly missed four years ago will be his early tomorrow, Tuesday morning if everything goes to plan. At 0600hrs UTC this morning his lead over…
Equator crossing times (return)
Water bottles Gobi
Michel Desjoyeaux: "The winner? The one who makes the fewest mistakes!"
He is the only sailor in history to have won the Vendée Globe twice (2000-2001 and 2008-2009). While he is best known for his race wins he popularised the tenet, the fundamental fact that proves true edition after edition ‘on the Vendée Globe you will have a problem every day’. He keeps a keen eye…
High intensity. High emotion. High road home.
Of the 40 skippers who started the Vendée Globe exactly nine weeks ago today in Les Sables d’Olonne, there are thirty-four still racing following the unavoidable decision taken early this morning by Eric Bellion (STAND AS ONE – Altavia) to abandon in the Falkland Islands.
Eric Bellion skipper of STAND AS ONE - Altavia withdraws from the Vendée Globe
Violette Dorange's J3 goes overboard
The thriller simmering in the peloton
As leader Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) continues his passage northwards towards France he remains under threat from Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKEA, 2nd). The gap is stable at around 140 miles – so around 11 hours or so at current speeds.
'Yo Yo' and the yo yo effect
Benefiting from being slightly further west than Vendée Globe leader,Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance), Yoann Richomme has remained slightly faster and so has continued to shave a few more miles off his deficit to the leader.
Technical problem for Romain Attanasio
