Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bill Springer would rather be on a superyacht. And he often is. I was wrong. Just check out this recent video footage shot from a ...

Sixth-placed French sailor Yann Eliès insists he can still win the Vendee Globe despite conceding he can’t keep up with the new generation of foiling boats. As the race reached its 22nd day Eliès was ...

Wind and wave data from ESA's Envisat satellite radar are being used to observe meteorological conditions in the track of the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world yacht race. Wind and wave data from ...

**The Vendée Globe, the only non-stop, solo, around-the-world-race, could be sailed in a 60-foot one-design for the 2016 edition. **After a long history as a crucible of offshore innovation and ...

1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HUGO BOSS SKIPPER AND CURRENT VENDEE GLOBE LEADER, ALEX THOMSON, ON LEADING AND NOT POSTING REGULAR UPDATES, SAYING: "Hi everybody, still going strong and in theory (in) the ...

The first five in the Vendee Glove single-handed race 2012-13 have passed the Gate of Aiguilles The gap widens between the front and back of the fleet. Only 30 minutes. This is the gap that separated ...

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 ...

French sailor Kevin Escoffier has been rescued by fellow competitor and compatriot Jean Le Cam in a round-the-world race after spending over 11 hours in a life raft. Both men were competing in the ...

TOKYO >> Marine adventurer Kojiro Shiraishi, 53, successfully completed the Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race, becoming the first Asian skipper to do so. Known as the world’s toughest sailing ...

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 ...