Vendee Globe – Race Leader Charlie Dalin forecast to cross the finish early Tuesday morning

Charlie Dalin, skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance, is on the cusp of victory, counting down the final 150 miles to the Les Sables d’Olonne finish line

Vendee Globe Race – Charlie Dalin crosses the equator . . . Sam Goodchild gains ground

Vendee leader Charlie Dalin, skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance, crossed the equator back into the Northern Hemisphere this Sunday afternoon at 14:38hrs UTC

Vendee Globe Race – Leaders breakfree from Cape Frio cold front off Rio

The two leaders of Vendée Globe, Charlie Dalin and Yoann Richomme, may finally have extricated themselves from cold front off Cabo Frio by Rio

Charlie Dalin regaines lead of the Vendee Globe Race

Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) has regained the lead of the Vendee Globe Race

Vendée Globe leaders are back together again . . . Goodchild gains with inside routing

400 or so miles to the southeast of Rio de Janeiro the Vendee Globe leaders are back together again. Sam Goodchild gains with corner cutting route

Vendée Globe leaders break free of high pressure ridge to speed northwards

The top two Vendee Globe skippers are breaking free of the zone of lighter winds, a high pressure ridge, which has been blocking their way northwards

Vendee Globe – Leading trio making slow but steady northwards progress in the Atlantic

Even if they are slowed periodically, the leading trio – Yoann Richomme, Charlie Dalin and Sébastien Simon are still making northwards progress in the Atlantic.

Vendee Globe – Dalin and Richomme in Yo-Yo battle for race lead

Then there were two – Yoann Richomme and Charlie Dalin have opened a 200+ nm lead over the Vendee Globe fleet after Point Nemo

Charlie Dalin fixes damage and charges back into lead of Vendde Globe

From being side by side with Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) Wednesday, Charlie Dalin is now more than 20 miles ahead and 40 up on Seb Simon (Groupe Dubreuil). Less than 350 miles from Point Nemo, Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance)…

Vendee Globe – Seb Simon takes race lead as Charlie Dalin suffers sail problem

Seb Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) takes the lead of the Vendee Globe. He last led the race under the Cape of Good Hope.

Yoann Richomme closes on long-time Vendee Globe leader Charlie Dalin

Vendee Globe – Yoann Richomme, skipper of PAPREC ARKÉA has closed to within 2nm of Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) who has led since 2 Dec

Vendee Globe race leader Charlie Dalin heads into Pacific

Vendee Globe race leader Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) has less than a day left in the Indian Ocean