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Weather report #48 - December 28 | Vendée Globe 2024
Saturday, December 28 | Vendée Live
Goodbye Pacific! | Vendée Globe 2024
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Engine repaired for the IMOCA MACSF

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Steering system failure for Yannick Bestaven

COURSE, 28 DÉCEMBRE 2024 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau Initiatives-Coeur lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 28 décembre 2024. (Photo du skipper Sam Davies)
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Un cap pour Noël | Vendée Mag | Vendée Globe 2024

Yoann Richomme: "I managed to wash myself for the first time in a month"

Kojiro Shiraishi : "It will be my 5th Horn passage"

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Cap Horn passage time

RACE, DECEMBER 27, 2024 : Photo sent from the boat VULNERABLE skipper Thomas Ruyant (FRA) during the Vendee Globe sailing race on December 27, 2024. (Photo by skipper Thomas Ruyant)
Cape Horn

Back to life, back to reality

Since Thomas Ruyant (VULNERABLE) crossed Cape Horn last night at 17:38:29hrs UTC two more skippers have passed. Jérémie Beyou (Charal) and Nico Lunven (HOLCIM-PRB) crossed just fifteen minutes apart in fifth and sixth places respectively, Beyou some 10 hours and 38 minutes behind Ruyant. Both,…

COURSE, 28 DÉCEMBRE 2024 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau Charal lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 28 décembre 2024. (Photo du skipper Jérémie Beyou) Cap Horn
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Passage du Cap Horn pour Thomas Ruyant | Vendée Globe 2024
Le jeu du yo-yo | Daily Recap | Vendée Globe 2024
RACE, DECEMBER 03, 2024 : Photo sent from the boat VULNERABLE skipper Thomas Ruyant (FRA) during the Vendee Globe sailing race on December 03, 2024. (Photo by skipper Thomas Ruyant)

Cape Horn Cavalcade

With just 238 miles between fifth placed Jérémie Beyou (Charal) and 11th positioned Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ V) a veritable cavalcade of Vendée Globe skippers will pass Cape Horn tomorrow. At forecast speeds they should pass with 12 or 13 hours from early Saturday morning in a more compact…

Weather report #47 - December 27 | Vendée Globe 2024
Thursday, December 26 | Vendée Live

Nicolas Lunven: "The next 24 hours are going to be pretty rough"