On November 12, 2028, from Les Sables d'Olonne (France), a new generation of sailors will set out to take on the most extreme ...

Any ocean-racing sailor knows that the pinnacle of solo ocean-racing (and in my view the pinnacle of ALL ocean racing) is the Vendee Globe: solo, non-stop, around the world. It is arguably the most ...

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 ...

Gone is the idea of skippers disappearing over the horizon and then finishing hundreds, if not thousands, of miles apart, having surfed entirely separate weather systems in the Southern Ocean. From ...

Organisers outline qualification, sustainability measures and new challenges for the 2028 Vendée Globe round-the-world race.

Pip Hare's Vendee Globe bid ends after dismasting Hare sets up emergency rig, sails to safety Other sailors face challenges, Dalin leads race Dec 16 - A shattered mast has dashed British sailor Pip ...

A new winner has just crossed the finishing line of the Vendée Globe, the solo, non-stop, unassisted round-the-world sailing race that takes place every four years. The next edition, in 2028, will be ...

Dec 16 - The shattered mast of British sailor PipHare has ended his bid to complete a second Vendee Globe, a 24,000-mile race. The 50-year old woman dismasted the 60ft boat Medallia, about 800 ...

LES SABLES D’OLONNE, France (AP) — French sailor Charlie Dalin won the around-the-world race Vendee Globe in record time on Tuesday, completing his solo journey in less than 65 days — nearly 10 days ...