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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…
Nicolas Lunven: "The next 24 hours are going to be pretty rough"
The French Oceanographic Fleet helps protect the marine envi
With its 17 ships and 6 underwater vehicles, the French Oceanographic Fleet has a team of 1,800 scientists active each year to gain a better understanding of the world’s oceans.
of coral reefs, sharks, associated species, and marine mammals are threatened
Samantha Davies: "We were happy to be together with Clarisse, but now we don't have the same strategies"
South American breakout
The top two skippers on the Vendée Globe are bidding farewell today to the ice exclusion zone which has been their friend and enemy ever since they first felt its effects on the 12th December at Marion Island.
Hey Elastic!
Expansion and compression. Stretching and rebounding. The elastic effect is seen all the way through the Vendée Globe fleet. Mostly it is driven by the evolution and timing of weather systems, especially in the train of low pressures in the Southern Oceans, where the wind comes from the west, from…
When the green eyed monster comes visiting on Boxing Day...
Even if they are slowed periodically, the leading trio are still making northwards progress in the Atlantic and the fact that the weather and sea state has never been conducive to the second group closing miles back to within what might resemble ‘catching distance’ irks some within this group.
