Alan Roura: "My morale is sky high !"
SKIPPERS' SAYINGS (6/40). The youngest skipper on the last two editions, Alan Roura returns to the Vendée Globe with a competitive foiler (Alex Thomson's former-Hugo Boss) and a prestigious sponsor (Hublot). Although he has had to work hard to master and optimise his new IMOCA his last…
Antoine Cornic: "Knowing how to go the whole way and realise your ambitions"
SKIPPERS' SAYINGS (5/40). After his first participation in the Mini Transat in 2001, Antoine Cornic set about establishing a project for the 2004-2005 Vendée Globe.
Discover the official water bottle
Words of the wise. Past Vendée Globe skippers speak about the race.
Titouan Lamazou, Alain Gautier, Michel Desjoyeaux, Marc Guillemot, Anne Liardet. Many past Vendée Globe skippers met up on Saturday for a special evening meeting up with racers who will take on the tenth Vendée Globe. We took an opportunity to talk with many of them about the magic and world's…
Sam Davies: " We know that one day a woman will win the Vendée Globe”
SKIPPERS' SAYINGS (4/40). British skipper Sam Davies has been a leading racer in the IMOCA class for some 20 years, now spearheading a team whose commitment goes way beyond racing boats solo around the world. In fact Davies is the sailor who has sailed the most in the last four years. Her…
Yoann Richomme: "On the Vendée Globe, everything is always possible"
SKIPPERS' SAYINGS (3/40). It is remarkable to think that in less than two years French skipper Yoann Richomme, skipper of Paprec Arkéa has launched a new boat, stood on the podium four times in races and won two transatlantic races. And so the double winner of the Route du Rhum and also La…
Getting acclimatised….a damp Vendée Globe village inauguration day is lit up by big, happy smiles
The early rain was torrential at times but the smiles shared between the 40 skippers, the important dignitaries and the thousands of visitors waiting patiently more than made up for the inclement weather. The race village for the tenth edition of the Vendée Globe was inaugurated officially at…
The village is now open !
All the Vendée Globe skippers have arrived in Les Sables d’Olonne
Right on time on the day before the inauguration of the village, all of the skippers have docked into their spot on the pontoon. The final arrivals came up the legendary channel this Friday morning.
Violette Dorange: “I have always told myself that the Vendée Globe was for me”
SKIPPERS' SAYINGS (2/40). At 1.60 m tall she may be of relatively small stature and her voice kind of matches her size, but for all of that Violette Dorange is powerfully impressive. At just 23, the sailor from France’s Charente region will be the youngest to compete on this tenth edition of the…
Charlie Dalin: "I feel like I'm stronger this time"
SKIPPERS' SAYINGS (1/40). First to cross the finish line, second in the final ranking four years ago, Charlie Dalin, the skipper of Macif Santé Prévoyance is back for a second Vendée Globe challenge even more motivated than ever.
And so it begins…
Many Vendée Globe skippers docked into the pontoons this Thursday afternoon. Mostly they were serious and careful on the way up the channel but the enthusiasm was plain to see and the sheer pleasure and relief to have finally arrived in Les Sables d'Olonne,
