When François Gabart reached Les Sables-d’Olonne on January 27, 2013, thousands of fans had braved the drizzle for hours to greet him. It was late at night and much colder by the time Armel Le Cléac’h ...
Beautiful weather in north west France is blessing the skippers who will start the Vendée Globe on Sunday 6th November with a perfect time window during which to maximise their rest and relaxation ...
The toughest sporting event in the world is extreme, technical, challenging, harrowing and sometimes deadly. This is an event where—for months—competitors may sleep only two hours a day while ...
The Vendée Globe sailing race ended last night just as it started 80 days earlier—with high drama on the high seas. The solo, round-the-world race, considered the “Everest of sailing,” was hard fought ...
PARIS - Charlie Dalin was cruising towards a record victory in the Vendee Globe challenge on Monday, with a finish expected in the early hours of Tuesday at Les Sables-d'Olonne. At 1000GMT on Monday, ...
LES SABLES D’OLONNE, France (Reuters) – For Alex Thomson, sweeping up his crying two-year-old daughter Georgia in his arms soothed the disappointment of falling just short in the Vendee Globe after 74 ...
Not many 66-year-olds would choose to spend three months alone at sea, eating instant oatmeal while trying to steer a 60-foot boat across the most demanding oceans on the planet. But Rich Wilson isn’t ...
The desire to sail around the world on your own could be viewed as a sign of madness, but Alex Thomson doesn’t see it that way. The Briton came second in the recent edition of the single-handed Vendee ...
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