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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"
Sam Goodchild has torn his mainsail
Audacity and mastery of one's environment are the keys to overcoming isolation
While the first skippers are finishing their round-the-world races, the back of the Vendée Globe fleet is finishing its round-the-Antarctic after more than two months at sea. Morale is tested in the headwinds, but these audacious people keep their goal in mind: Les Sables d'Olonne.
Getting into it
Some 150 miles south of the Azores Jérémie Beyou (Charal) and Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) are now getting into the low pressure area and the progressively strengthening winds. The French skipper has taken a few miles of a lead. As they pass the island archipelago today the winds look set to be…
