To compete in the 2028 Vendée Globe, each skipper must have proven their experience by completing at least one Grade 2 solo race on the IMOCA 2025-2028 calendar on the boat they will be racing in the ...

For the establishment of the final ranking, the lowest results will be discarded: only the 9 best performances in Grade 1, 2, ...

Organised by the Vendée Globe team and starting from Les Sables d'Olonne, the Vendée Arctique 2026 will be the first solo ...

Malizia - Seaexplorer is now being handed over to Team Francesca Clapcich Powered By 11th Hour Racing, who are setting their sights on the 2028 Vendée Globe. After The Ocean Race Europe 2025, ...

This morning after an express but emotional and popular welcome into the Channel Belgian skipper Denis Van Weynbergh was finally able to let go of the seemingly interminable stress and enjoy a ...

Belgian skipper Denis Van Weynbergh completes solo non stop round the world passage but finishes outside the 2024 Vendée Globe ranking. Denis Van Weynbergh, skipper of D’Ieteren Group, arrived in Les ...

Although this tenth edition of the Vendée Globe is not yet finished already there are 2028 projects taking shape and form. In many respects the race to be ready for the 11th edition is well under way.

Emerging jubilant from a cold final night at sea Chinese skipper Jingkun Xu fulfilled a goal which has possessed him for many years when he crossed the finish line of the 10th edition of the Vendée ...

Antoine Cornic (Human Immobilier) is less than 100 nautical miles to Cape Finisterre this morning and has reaching conditions, 20-22kts of wind from just north of west. He is making steady progress, ...

Kojiro Shiraishi achieved a remarkable feat by completing his second Vendée Globe, becoming the first Asian sailor to complete two solo non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation of the globe. After first ...

Guirec Soudée is the epitome of adventurer turned ocean racer. He completed this Vendée Globe in 23rd place. His self reliance, tenacity and drive were already well known but he has transitioned to ...

Raising public awareness of ocean protection and the links between the ocean and climate has never been more important. By sailing around the world, the Vendée Globe skippers are highlighting the ...