Life on the edge
After three days at a truly relentless pace, devouring miles at near record speeds – 520, 530, 550 miles in a seemingly single bite, the top leaders of the Vendée Globe fleet continue to stay ahead of the depression while at the same time their pursuers are dropping off the back of the system, as…
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Argo day: good start for the argo floats!
They are launched! The starting signal for Argo-Day was given today. The ten skippers who volunteered to embark Argo floats have been given the green light to deploy them. Their mission: to help build up the scientific database by collecting information in maritime areas which are remote and less…
Yoann Richomme : « it's very intense »
Adapt or lose miles
With some 1700 nautical miles to go to the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope the Vendée Globe leaders are having to adapt as best they can to a life at high speeds, riding the crest of a low pressure system southeastwards. It is an incredibly harsh environment but it is amazing how each of the top…
Records tumbling.
The 24 hour solo monohull record had already been broken twice on this tenth edition of the Vendée Globe but last night it fell successively to an onslaught of attacks as the leaders of the solo non stop race round the world enjoyed perfect conditions for sustained high speed. Thomas Ruyant …
Speed Kings!
The almost perfect conditions, riding ahead of the low pressure in still relatively flat water, has seen a memorable evening and night for the fast moving lead group on the Vendée Globe who successively pushed up the 24 hour speed record, almost playing tit for tat with the solo monohull mark. The…
