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ETA - Arrival of Guirec Soudée expected tomorrow around 0800 hrs (UTC)
Next group due for a Monday channel bonanza
Five skippers are now less than 500 miles from Les Sables d’Olonne. All are still working hard to find the best, optimum course to the finish line. No one is giving up miles easily and the same urgency to get to the line and finish the race prevails whether that applies to the next skipper in…
Daggerboard broken on Fives Group – Lantana Environnement
Water bottles Gobi
Oliver Heer: "it is now time to see land again"
Spare a thought…
There is a certain paradox on the Vendée Globe and it has changed a little with the advent of the new fast foilers. It could be argued, and not all will agree, that the top skippers endure tougher living conditions but for a shorter period of time. The test of sheer endurance is so much longer for…
Kojiro Shiraishi : "from Cape Horn, it feels like a long way"
And breathe...
A record eight skippers crossed the finish line within the 24 hours until Giancarlo Pedote’s finish at 0834hrs yesterday - a busier spell even than the first seven boats in 18 hours at the conclusion of the 2020-2021 race. And within these matches within the match some of the closest ever margins…
Giancarlo Pedote: "Getting over the problems is more the measure of the sailor than the number against your name at the end.”
After an eighth place in 2020-21, this second Vendée Globe for Italian Giancarlo Pedote was longer, and more difficult. This one was really hampered by technical problems, particularly with his rudder mechanisms which held him back for most of his race. But the 49-year-old Italian is still…
Conrad Colman: "Together we beat the bad luck charm.”
He has a smile from ear to ear. Kiwi Conrad Colman is happy to have made it to the finish of his second Vendée Globe. Almost singlehandedly he managed to set up a project, optimised and reinforced a previously unlucky boat and above all held out to finish the race. The "Crazy Kiwi" was able to…
Jean Le Cam: "There is joy of course!"
Jean Le Cam the legendary 65-year-old French skipper has completed another Vendée Globe, the sixth he has started, the fifth he has finished. Welcomed home by a fireworks display and a beautiful reunion with his faithful subjects who made the pilgrimage to the Channel in large numbers to celebrate…
