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Louis Burton is forced to abandon the Vendée Globe

Les dés sont jetés | Daily Recap | Vendée Globe 2024
RACE, DECEMBER 04, 2024 : Photo sent from the boat DMG MORI Global One during the Vendee Globe sailing race on December 04, 2024. (Photo by skipper Kojiro Shiraishi)

Monsters. INC.

The Indian Ocean has a fearsome reputation among sailing’s ocean racers and the Vendée Globe leaders are set to deal with their first monster. Longtime pacemaker Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) and second placed Seb Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) are set for a difficult 24 hours which will test…

Wednesday, December 4 | Vendée Live

I built a tool last night during the bigger repair I had to do since the start. My foil rake ram ripped off the foil on the port side. I managed to fix it on a fixed rake now. Naturally, it felt as good as seeing the Albatross just after. To sum up, fixed rake on port is a small handicap now but we can continue.

Clarisse Crémer: "That’s the way the cookie crumbles"

RACE, JUNE 09, 2008 : Photo of the satellite SENTINEL 1 provided by the Vendee Globe sailing race partner CLS on December 04, 2024. (Photo by ESA)

The Vendée Globe watched over from space with CLS

As the skippers race in the sometimes ferocious Southern Ocean close to Antarctica, the Vendée Globe is paying extra attention to look after the sailors’ safety. A virtual zone called the Antarctic Exclusion Zone (ZEA) has been set up around Antarctica, prohibiting skippers from getting too close…

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Pip Hare in repair mode | Vendée Globe 2024
COURSE, 04 DÉCEMBRE 2024 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau Groupe APICIL lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 04 décembre 2024. (Photo du skipper Damien Seguin) Cap de Bonne Espérance
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COURSE, 04 DÉCEMBRE 2024 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau VULNERABLE SG lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 04 décembre 2024. (Photo du skipper Sam Goodchild)
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RACE, DECEMBER 03, 2024 : Photo sent from the boat Fortinet - Best Western during the Vendee Globe sailing race on December 03, 2024. (Photo by skipper Romain Attanasio)

The biggest test so far

Whilst the group consisting of Justine Mettraux (TeamWork Team Snef), Sam Davies (Initiatives Coeur), Boris Herrmann (Malizia Seaexplorer), Benjamin Dutreux (Guyot Environnement), Clarisse Crémer (L’Occitaine en Provence) are enduring the most unpleasant conditions at the back of a big low pressure…

Le calme avant la tempête | Daily Recap | Vendée Globe 2024
RACE, DECEMBER 02, 2024 : Photo sent from the boat TeamWork - Team Snef during the Vendee Globe sailing race on December 03, 2024. (Photo by skipper Justine Mettraux)
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Double indemnity or double jeopardy?

At the head of the Vendée Globe fleet it looks very much like the two leading skipper Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) and Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prevoyance) are following suit, progressively repositioning to the north away from the path of a malicious Southern Ocean low pressure system which…

Weather report #23 - December 3 | Vendée Globe 2024
LORIENT, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 : Tut Gut. Sailing skipper Oliver Heer (SUI) is pictured during training, on September 23, 2024 off Lorient, France - Photo Richard Mardens

Good health makes a key contribution to performance on the Vendée Globe

Since its very beginnings ocean racing has always been a story of men or women and their sailing machines, but the way we look at the balance between the performance of the boat and that of the sailor has definitely evolved. Initially attention was focused almost solely on the performance and…

Heading north for Sam Goodchild | Vendée Globe 2024
COURSE, 03 DÉCEMBRE 2024 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau MACSF lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 03 décembre 2024. (Photo du skipper Isabelle Joschke)
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In brief

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