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Javier Sanso in his liferaft awaiting rescue
This Sunday morning 3rd February around 1049hrs UTC two distress beacons of ACCIONA 100% EcoPowered, skippered by Spanish solo sailor Javier Sanso which is racing in the Vendée Globe non stop solo round the world race were triggered. The alarms were received at 1052hrs (...) -
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Alex Thomson : "Whether I do 2016, I don’t know but I am sure that I’ll do the Vendée Globe again"
Alex Thomson sailed into the legendary canal, the artery into the heart of Les Sables d’Olonne this morning at typically breakneck speed Speed #speedsailing . With more than 30 kts of wind and mountainous seas Thomson was in no mood to hang around. -
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Armel Le Cléac’h, second of the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe
Armel Le Cléac’h crossed the Vendée Globe finish line Sunday 27th January 2013 at 17 hour 35 min 52 seconds GMT. He finishes the race 78 days 5 hours and 33 minutes behind François Gabart. This is the smallest gap between the winner and the second in the Vendée Globe history, a mere 3 hours 17minutes 12 seconds behind (...) -
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François Gabart has won the 2012-2013 Vendée Globe
François Gabart crossed the Vendée Globe finish line at 15 hours 18 minutes 40 seconds, French time, setting a new solo round-the-world record Record #sailingrecord of 78 day, 2 hours, 16 minutes and 40 seconds. Beating Michel Desjoyeaux’s record Record #sailingrecord by 6 day 00 hours 53 (...) -
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Jean Le Cam : "I think my Cape Horn crossing will be one of my best memories of this year’s edition"
Jean Le Cam (SynerCiel) became the 5th competitor to round Cape Horn, today, 8th January 2013 at 07h 19m 14s GMT for the 4th time in his sailing career. It took him 58 days 19h 17m 14s since he left Les Sables d’Olonne. He crossed the Horn 6 days 12 h 58 m 20 s after the race leader, François Gabart (...) -
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Bernard Stamm disqualified for receiving assistance
The International Jury, which is independent from the Vendée Globe Race Directors, the Race Committee and the organizers of the Vendée Globe, have taken the decision to disqualify Bernard Stamm (SUI, Cheminées Poujoulat) for an infringement of article 3.2 of the Notice of Race. Following the skipper’s pit stop on 23rd December south of (...) -
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François Gabart, the Vendée Globe’s youngest skipper, is first to Cape Horn
Racing in his first ever Vendée Globe Francois Gabart, the youngest skipper in the solo non stop around the world race, passed the longitude of Cape Horn this evening at 1820hrs UTC (1920hrs French time) setting a new record Record #sailingrecord for the passage from the start line in Les Sables d’Olonne of 52 days 6 hours 18minutes. (...) -
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Flying François Gabart smashes 24hr solo sailing record at 545.3 miles, average speed 22.3
Flying François Gabart stepped up his Vendée Globe challenge with an unprecedented display of lightning fast sailing in the middle of the Indian Ocean today. -
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Gabart covered 482.91 miles in 24hrs and broke Thomson’s record
Yesterday, between 12pm GMT Thursday 29th to 12pm GMT Friday 30th November François Gabart (MACIF), travelled from point to point, 482.91 miles in twenty-four hours, averaging speeds of 20.1 knots. This breaks the record Record #sailingrecord held previously by Alex Thomson in 2003. Confirmation of the record Record #sailingrecord is (...) -
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Vincent Riou’s PRB Damaged after Collision with Metal Buoy
Vincent Riou, the winner of the 2004-05 Vendée Globe, rescuing hero of the 2008-09 edition and one of the favourites for this race has suffered a serious blow in the south Atlantic. A statement from his team said that Riou was uninjured after he had collided with a metal buoy but that the impact had damaged the bow of (...)