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Five skippers recalled for jumping the start gun of the 7th Vendée Globe
Nineteen of the 20 skippers entered for the seventh edition of the Vendée Globe solo race around the world took the start line of the 24,048 miles, three months circumnavigation race at 1302hrs local time off Les Sables d’Olonne, France today. -
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A look back at the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe
March 16. 2009 at 17:22 © Jacques Vapillon / DPPI / Vendée Globe From 9th November 2008 to the 15th March 2009 - here is a brief summary of the major events in this sixth Vendée Globe, which was won by Michel Desjoyeaux on Foncia on 1st February. The Austrian, Norbert Sedlacek brought the race to an end 42 days later by completing his round (...) -
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Sedlacek, 11th, closes the Vendee Globe
Austrian sailors have made their mark in Olympic sailing in recent years, winning medals in the Tornado, windsurfer and Laser classes but Norbert Sedlacek set a new ocean racing record Record #sailingrecord for landlocked nation when he became the first Austrian to complete a solo non stop round the world passage when he finished the epic (...) -
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Rich Wilson finishes 9th in Les Sables
Crossing the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne at 12h43min19sec GMT, Rich Wilson completed the 28 590.2, miles Vendée Globe solo non stop round the world race in ninth place, completing a highly creditable result which is testament to his excellent seamanship skills, deep determination, careful planning and prudent execution, staying (...) -
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Steve White finishes in 8th position
Finally triumphing after a frustrating duel with the prolonged easterly headwinds in the Bay of Biscay, British solo skipper Steve White sailed his Open 60 Toe in the Water across the finish line at Les Sables d’Olonne’s South Nouch mark this afternoon at 12 H 38 MN 55 SEC GMT to take a commendable eighth place in the Vendée Globe (...) -
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Arnaud Boissières 7th 21 days behind Desjoyeaux
A teenage dream came true today when Arnaud Boissières finished seventh this afternoon in his first Vendée Globe. At the age of seventeen, when he was ill with leukemia he was brought by with his father to see the first Vendée Globe heroes and to try and forget fro a few days his illness which had been discovered six months (...) -
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Dee Caffari twice around the world in different directions
Dee Caffari made history today when she became the first woman to sail around twice around the world in different directions, both against and now with the prevailing winds and currents. -
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Brian Thompson fifth around the world
Brian Thompson, GBR, (Bahrain Team Pindar) crossed the Vendée Globe finish line of Les Sables d’Olonne this morning at 8 hrs31min55sec GMT to secure a very creditable fifth place in the solo non stop around the world race which started on Sunday November 9th . Thompson, who fought to contain a keel problem through the final hours of his (...) -
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Marc Guillemot 4rth but 3rd in Les Sables d’Olonne
Marc Guillemot (Safran) crossed the Les Sables d’Olonne finish line at 01h21min36sec GMT tonight (Sunday) to clinch a hard won third place in this epic sixth edition of the Vendée Globe solo non stop around the world race. -
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Sam Davies finishes third in the Sables d’Olonne
Samantha Davies, GBR, (Roxy) crossed the finishing line at 00hrs 41mins 01 secs GMT as the third competitor to complete this epic sixth edition of the Vendée Globe solo non stop around the world race and return to Les Sables d’Olonne.