Sam Goodchild has deployed his Argo float

At the southern tip of the African continent where the Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans converge, is the Agulhas Current which forms giant whirlpools several hundred kilometers in diameter. This current is feared by skippers mainly for the the sea conditions which can be kicked up.

Still led by Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) the top skippers on the Vendée Globe have now completed around a quarter of the solo round the world course. While they had a slow passage to the Equator, Dalin and co now seem to be on course to break Alex Thomson’s 8 days and 15 hours record…

Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) has been rewarded for his electric pace by taking over second place on the Vendée Globe and seemingly moving ever closer to Charlie Dalin’s lead on MACIF Santé Prévoyance. The fast moving Simon is now less than 22 miles behind Dalin who has led the solo round the…

Unprecedented solo monohull speeds continue to be sustained by the leading five boats on the Vendée Globe as they head towards the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope. Les Sables d’Olonne’s Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) has shown speeds more worthy of his airline sponsor than a solo round the…

With around 800 miles to pass the Cape of Good Hope off the southern tip of Africa the leaders pace remains consistently high. Best through the night has been Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) who is up to third place making a few small miles during the night. And while the leaders are largely…

After three days at a truly relentless pace, devouring miles at near record speeds – 520, 530, 550 miles in a seemingly single bite, the top leaders of the Vendée Globe fleet continue to stay ahead of the depression while at the same time their pursuers are dropping off the back of the system, as…