Pip Hare: "I want to finish the race with no regrets and knowing I took every opportunity"
WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID. 30/40 Even to many seasoned Vendée Globe fans Britain’s Pip Hare was a complete unknown before the start of the last race. But with her good humoured, smiling communication and effervescent joie de vie – her sheer tenacity and pleasure to be competing on the solo round the…
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HOW TO FOLLOW THE START
Next Sunday, that is the 10th of November, the 40 skippers of the Vendée Globe will start the 10th edition of the legendary solo non stop round the world race. From 8 a.m. (local time France, +1hr UTC) , the boats will cast off from the race pontoon one by one, every three minutes.
Maxime Sorel: “There are no limits to dreams."
WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (29/40). Always go higher, always go further, that is Maxime Sorel’s philosophy for life. He is a qualified civil engineer who loves nothing more than to challenge his limits. He proved this during his first Vendée Globe four years ago by finishing in a commendable 10th place…
Jérémie Beyou : "I feel like I've had every Vendée Globe experience except winning."
THE SKIPPERS SAID(28/40). Four years after a difficult race in which he ended up 13th, Jérémie Beyou of Charal is back with the same ambition: winning!. He has a new Sam Manuard IMOCA which he has been refining and making more reliable for a full three years and he is very well resourced as he sets…
Louis Duc : "No problems only solutions."
WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (27/40). “No problems, only solutions!” These are the words which have always driven Louis Duc. The burly skipper from Normandy is very much a self-made sailor who has made a virtue of doing a lot with a little. He proves it once again with his Vendée Globe globe IMOCA which…
Denis Van Weynbergh : "I want to show nothing is impossible"
WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (26/40). The Les Sables d’Olonne based Belgian skipper Denis Van Weynbergh has a 100% volunteer team who help him prepare his boat. Yet the former journalist and businessman will race off the same start line and round the exact same course as all the big teams. He hopes to…
Sébastien Simon: "I am a child of the Vendée Globe, now I just want to finish the race."
THE SKIPPERS SAID (25/40). Sébastien Simon is back. The 34 year old solo skipper who grew up in Les Sables d’Olonne has always had the Vendée Globe as a thread woven through his life. Now four years after abandoning off the coast of South Africa he is set to line up at the start of the tenth…
Mental strength and resilience is fundamental to the Vendée Globe skippers
For many Vendée Globe skippers employing a mental coach, or sports psychologist, to help prepare for all of the race and all of its rigorous demands – before, during and after – is as important as physical training, sleep training, advice on food and nutrition and improving meteo strategy. It is…
Manuel Cousin: "I want to be more efficient and do better"
WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (24/40). After a professional career in the automobile industry, Cousin transitioned to pursue his sailing dreams and take on the the most famous round the world race. Four years after a successful first participation when he finished 23rd 'Manu' is back with the same boat…
