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Solo Transatlantic | Mini 650
Mini Transat 2023 : Carlos Manera Pascual first to cross the leg 1 finish line by just 9 minutes
Expected in the middle of Thursday night, the conclusion of the first leg of the 24th edition of La Boulangère Mini Transat (1,350 miles from Les Sables d’Olonne to Santa Cruz de La Palma) for the Proto category ultimately took place after 9 hours, on Thursday morning. The doldrums, with no wind, made their appearance on the final (...) -
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Vendée Globe 2020/21 : a wider audience than ever before
Against an unprecedented global health context which brought on many unique challenges, the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe emerged as a triumph, uniting, inspiring and engaging a wider audience than ever before. -
Imoca Medallia
Vendée Globe 2020: Pip Hare first British skipper crossed the line in 19th place
British solo skipper Pip Hare, 47, fulfilled the dream that she has held since she was a teenage sailor in her native East Anglia, England when she crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race at 00:57:30 hrs UTC on the 12th February, emerging from a bitterly cold Bay of Biscay night off Les Sables (...) -
Imoca DMG Mori Global One
Kojiro Shiraishi takes 16th in Vendee Globe, First Asian Skipper Ever To Finish The Race
Kojiro Shiraishi, the 53-year-old Japanese solo skipper of DMG MORI, crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne at 10:52:58hrs UTC this Thursday 11th February to take 16th place in the Vendée Globe and in so doing become the first ever Asian skipper to complete the famous non-stop solo race around the world. Shiraishi’s (...) -
IMOCA Maître CoQ IV
Vendée Globe 2020: Yannick Bestaven Finishes 3rd and Wins Ninth Edition
Yannick Bestaven, the 48 year old French skipper of Maître Coq IV, is the overall winner of the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe. Although he actually took the gun for third place off Les Sables d’Olonne, France at 03hrs 19mins 46 secs early this Thursday morning, because he carried a time compensation of 10 hours and 15 minutes, (...) -
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2020 Vendée Globe : Abandons Davies, Thomson and Simon in Cape Town
British skipper Sam Davies confirmed her retirement from the Vendée Globe today as she arrived in Cape Town, South Africa. But while the race is over for her, and she joins compatriot Alex Thomson who abandoned on arrival yesterday, Davies says she would like to finish her course unofficially and complete her adventure if her Initiatives Coeur (...) -
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2018 Golden Globe Race: Jean-Luc Van Den Heede crowned winner of the 2018 race
Exactly 50 years to the day that Sir Robin Knox-Johnston returned to Falmouth UJK after 312 days at sea to become the first man to sail solo non-stop around the Globe, 73-year old Frenchman Jean-Luc Van Den Heede was crowned winner of the second Golden Globe Race Golden Globe Race Golden Globe in Les Sables d’Olonne, (...) -
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Golden Globe Race 2018 : Van Den Heede receives huge welcome back in Les Sables d’Olonne
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede wrote his name into the record Record #sailingrecord books by not only winning the 2018 Golden Globe solo non-stop round the world race today, but becoming the oldest in history to complete such a race. The 73-year old French veteran of six solo circumnavigations takes over both titles from Britain’s Sir Robin (...) -
Offshore racing
Vendée Globe 2016-2017 : a hugely popular event and media success
The results of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe show huge increases everywhere: many more people attending the event, unprecedented media Media #media coverage and feedback, a record Record #sailingrecord level of international coverage without talking about the very positive race outcome in terms of the rankings. With 29 skippers lining up, (...) -
Back to Les Sables
Sébastien Destremau takes 18th place to bring the Vendée Globe to a close
Sébastien Destremau (TechnoFirst–faceOcean) crossed the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne in eighteenth place at 00hrs 40min et 18 sec UTC on saturday 11th March 2017 after 124 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes and 18 seconds of racing since the start on 6th November. The skipper from Toulon is the final competitor to (...)
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