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The 24-hour distance record broken again!

It's been an intense evening in the Vendée Globe. Between the 6pm and 10pm (UTC) rankings, the record has been broken... Several times! Nicolas Lunven with 554.55 miles, then Charlie Dalin with 558.82 miles, then Thomas Ruyant with 571.59 miles and finally Yoann Richomme with 574.71 miles* ! This is likely to continue well into the night... Stay tuned for tomorrow morning!

*Before official WSSRC homologation

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