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Pain and poker in the South Atlantic
On the 50th day of the tenth edition of the Vendée Globe Yannick Bestaven, the winner of the 2020-2021 race is trying to get used to the harsh reality that his race is over. He was this morning heading into Ushuaia where he will meet his technical team to effect the various repairs required to his…
Water bottles Gobi
Leaders locked together off Rio, Goodchild recovers miles
Four hundred or so miles to the southeast of Rio de Janeiro the Vendée Globe leaders are back together again, just six miles separating Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) and Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) as they climb slowly through the light winds zone caused by the semi stationery cold front…
Sam Goodchild : « I was totally glued to the bed »
Forced to stopover in Ushuaïa the defending champion Yannick Bestaven announces his withdrawal from the Vendée Globe
A succession of technical problems as well as foil damage for Isabelle Joschke on MACSF
Hook problem and sail lost on Alan Roura's Hublot
Regatta mode for yesterday’s Cape Horners, Goodchild attacks!
After rounding Cape Horn in quick succession yesterday the second group in the Vendée Globe, the peloton, have broken up slightly as they negotiate an upwind phase in light winds caused by a cell of high pressure. From deep ocean racing mode, dealing with the constant stress of the Southern Ocean,…
Loïck Peyron: "Skippers are the stuff of our dreams. We need to say 'thank you' as well as 'bravo"
SUNDAY ANALYSIS. Loïck Peyron is an iconic figure of French sailing, a sailor whose talent and charismatic personality have won over people far beyond the world of sailing fans. Second in the very first edition of the Vendée Globe in 1989, he made his mark on the history of this legendary race…
Pip Hare arrived in Melbourne
