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LE 31 DÉCEMBRE 2024 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau Charal lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 31 décembre 2024. (Photo du skipper Jérémie Beyou) Champagne Bonne Année
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RACE, DECEMBER 31, 2024 : Photo sent from the boat Malizia - Seaexplorer during the Vendee Globe sailing race on December 31, 2024. (Photo by skipper Boris Herrmann)
Happy New Year

No time to party

Off Cabo Frio, just north of Rio, Brasil, Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) has managed to make a little break away from second placed (Yoann Richomme) by virtue of getting into stronger breeze first as they remain on the wind trying to escape this dynamic area across the top of a small, young…

Water bottles Gobi

Régate et réveillon | Daily Recap | Vendée Globe 2024
In brief

Rudder problems for Giancarlo Pedote

RACE, DECEMBER 31, 2024 : Photo sent from the boat Singchain Team Haikou during the Vendee Globe sailing race on December 31, 2024. (Photo by skipper Jingkun Xu)
Happy New Year

New Year… Same Vendée goals

In the light winds off the Brazilian coast whilst the rest of the world wait to welcome in the New Year and say goodbye to 2024, the leading duo would dearly like to welcome in a fresh new wind for their start of 2025 and rid themselves of the very complicated conditions caused as the Saint Helena…

Weather report #51 - December 31 | Vendée Globe 2024
Tuesday, December 31 | Vendée Live
CAPE HORN, CHILE, DECEMBER 24, 2024 : Photo of the boat PAPREC ARKÉA skipper Yoann Richomme (FRA), rounding Cape Horn, during the Vendee Globe sailing race and shot by Cape Horn Lighthouse Keeper, Chile, on December 24, 2024. (Photo by José Luarte Sepúlveda / Chile Marine)

A guardian angel at the lighthouse at the end of the world...

Consider Cape Horn, an imposing black coloured lonely lump of rock. 425 metres high, 12 km² at the end of the world, swept by violent storms. All in all a very hostile, lonely area to work at. Welcome to the work environment of José Luis Luarte Sepúlveda the lighthouse keeper who looks after the…

L'arrivée de Yannick Bestaven à Ushuaïa | Vendée Globe 2024
COURSE, 30 DÉCEMBRE 2024 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau TeamWork - Team Snef lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe, le 30 décembre 2024. (Photo du skipper Justine Mettraux)
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In brief

Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ V) arrived into Ushuaia

De belles lumières pour Boris Herrmann | Vendée Globe 2024

Oliver Heer: "My first resolution ? To cross the finish line of the Vendée Globe"

Sébastien Simon : « the race is so intense »

RACE, DECEMBER 31, 2024 : Photo sent from the boat GUYOT Environnement - Water Family during the Vendee Globe sailing race on December 31, 2024. (Photo by skipper Benjamin Dutreux)

Dalin back on top

Benefiting from his more easterly position – albeit by just a few small miles – Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) was able to wriggle past Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) during the latter part of yesterday afternoon and is back in the lead of the Vendée Globe.

On ne lâche rien ! | Daily Recap | Vendée Globe 2024
Appel VHF entre le sémaphore du Cap Horn et Yannick Bestaven | Vendée Globe 2024