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Weöres will bypass Madeira and go to Canaries

Weather report #5 - November 15 | Vendée Globe 2024
LORIENT, FRANCE - APRIL 16, 2024 : VandB - Monbana - Mayenne skipper Maxime Sorel (FRA) is pictured during training, on April 16, 2024 off Lorient, France - Photo Maxime Falcone

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.

Friday, November 15 | Vendée Live
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retirement for Maxime Sorel, skipper of the IMOCA V and B - Monbana - Mayenne

Maxime Sorel abandonne le Vendée Globe

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…

LE 14 NOVEMBRE 2024 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau Fortinet - Best Western lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 14 novembre 2024. (Photo du skipper Romain Attanasio)
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RACE, NOVEMBER 14, 2024 : Photo sent from the boat Medallia during the Vendee Globe sailing race on November 14, 2024. (Photo by skipper Pip Hare)

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.

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22:00 UTC : Sam Goodchild is leading the fleet !

Changement de leader | Daily Recap | Vendée Globe 2024
Maxime Sorel à bord de Vnb - Monbana - Mayenne

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…

Discover the official water bottle

Weather report #4 - November 14 | Vendée Globe 2024
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Mast Climb by Skipper Szabolcs WEORES on NEW EUROPE

Thursday, November 14 | Vendée Live
Weather report #3 - November 13 | Vendée Globe 2024
LE 13 NOVEMBRE 2024 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau La Mie Caline lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 13 novembre 2024. (Photo du skipper Arnaud Boissières)
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Yoann Richomme : "It was a surprise this morning to lead the fleet"