Weöres will bypass Madeira and go to Canaries
Maxime Sorel, black Friday, Sam Goodchild, good Friday.
"I can't go on, I'm abandoning this my second Vendée Globe" grimaced an emotional French Vendée Globe skipper Maxime Sorel early this Friday afternoon from Madeira.
retirement for Maxime Sorel, skipper of the IMOCA V and B - Monbana - Mayenne
Maxime Sorel retires
Maxime Sorel the skipper of V and B - Monbana - Mayenne has taken the tough decision to retire from the Vendée Globe this Friday at midday. Since the second day, his ankle had been badly swollen following a shock to sustained when he was trying to repair his hook and mainsail track problems. His…
Sliding south to the roadblock
Having passed west of the Canaries now the Vendée Globe leaders are set to really come into much lighter winds as they negotiate the east side of an anticyclone which will impede their course south.
22:00 UTC : Sam Goodchild is leading the fleet !
Four days, four leaders Lunven on top
Day four of the Vendée Globe solo non-stop race around the world brings another new leader. As the leaders pass the latitude of the Canary Islands, where they might normally find the trade winds blowing to carry them down towards the Cape Verdes and the Equator beyond, the breeze is lightening and…