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Arrival of Boris Herrmann between 22:00 hrs and 00:00 hrs
Herrmann and Davies incoming
There are 22 skippers still competing on the Vendée Globe and eight of them are tightly packed in a group which is due to finish early next week. Deliverance should finally come for Boris Herrmann (Malizia Seaexplorer) and Sam Davies (Initiatives Coeur) tonight and early tomorrow when they cross…
Water bottles Gobi
Energy problem on board Foussier
VILLAGE CLOSED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 1800hrs (FR)
Giancarlo Pedote : "This is the rule of the game Vendée Globe"
The long and winding road to Les Sables d’Olonne
Passing Cape Finisterre off the NW corner of Spain this afternoon Germany’s Boris Herrmann (Malizia Seaexplorer) remains in prudent, safe mode as he closes the finish line of the Vendée Globe which he should cross tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon to take 12th place. Briton Sam Davies (Initiatives…
Expect the unexpected
Expect the unexpected is an epithet which is never far from front of mind for the solo skippers on the Vendée Globe. But neither Benjamin Dutreux (GUYOT environnement – Water Family) who finished 10th late yesterday afternoon nor Clarisse Crémer (L’Occitane en Provence) who took 11th early this…
Clarisse Crémer : "My Vendée Globe is one big gift."
She finished alone in the dark, In the middle of a storm with no one out there to salute her, to greet her, to welcome her back. But in some ways such a finish reflects the whole journey of Clarisse Crémer, she has had to constantly adapt and deal with unexpected problems, some of them indeed…
