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…
Discover the official water bottle
Oliver Heer : "I am so pleased and proud to be here!"
WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (23/40) : From Zurich, and so hoping to be the first Swiss-German skipper to finish the Vendée Globe, Ollie Heer has been a fan of the solo, non-stop round the world race since he was very young. After a fledgling career in business in the Far East he chose to follow his…
Arnaud Boissières: "I am very aware of what lies ahead of me, it is up to me to turn that into a positive outcome.”
WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (22/40): Five in a row! The adopted Sablais Arnaud Boissières clearly has a passion for the open ocean and he loves competition. He aims to celebrate his twenty-year love affair with the Vendée Globe in his own unique way.
Isabelle Joschke: "Having fun and listening to myself helps me perform better"
WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (21/40) : Isabelle Joschke is not the type to pretend. She says so openly: her 2020 Vendée Globe was tough, and she had very little pleasure on her long passage which was interrupted by keel problems. Four years on and a lot of introspection later, the Franco-German sailor is…
Louis Burton : "I'm going all out for a podium again."
THE SKIPPERS SAID (20/40) On his fourth Vendée Globe with a podium already to his credit – last edition’s third – Louis Buron really is one of the essential characters of the race. From Saint Malo, Burton is 39 years old and now has 12 years of history with the Vendée Globe. And he approaches this…
Kojiro Shiraishi : “I set off every time as if it is going to be my last time”
WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (19/40). Kojiro Shiraishi: To just finish the Vendée Globe was his biggest dream. After an unfortunate first attempt in 2016 when he had to retire into Cape Town, he achieved the full lap four years ago and in so doing becoming the first Asian sailor to complete the solo,…
Nicolas Lunven: "I dream of just racing and not fixing stuff"
WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (17/40) : Nico Lunven has a distinguished offshore and ocean racing record, not least in winning the demanding Solitaire du Figaro twice in 2009 and 2017, with three participations in The Ocean Race alongside some of the great international sailors, Spain’s Iker Martinez,…
Benjamin Ferré: “I really want to finish at all costs, even if I end up swimming and pulling my boat”
WHAT THE SKIPPERS SAID (18/40). Benjamin Ferré really goes for it. It’s become his kind of trademark, on land and on the water, not to doubt himself bUt to press on and do his thing! With his bright yellow Crocs and his bubblY personality, he stood out five years ago when the Parisian turned up on…
Giancarlo Pedote : "The Vendée Globe makes you stronger."
THE SKIPPERS SAID (16/40): Italian solo skipper Giancarlo Pedote loves nothing more than finding new boundaries himself, pushing his limits. He is never afraid to try new things. He loves action sports, testing himself and improving all the time, freediving, running, swimming, skiing and boxing,…
The tenth Vendée Globe: The runners and riders, who’s who?
Who are the favorites? Who are the outsiders? Who might spring a surprise? Forty solo sailors set off on Sunday November 10 here’s a look at the line up and who might do what…
