Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) suddenly lost his headsail during the night and was forced to stop to untangle the sail from the keel. He stopped the boat and found the 180sq m sail partly wrapped around his port foil. Fortunately he…
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 passes Cape Leeuwin, Monday 9 December in a new record time
Charlie Dalin passed the longitude of Cape Leeuwin, Monday 9 December, at 14:12:58 UTC, after 29d 02h 10min 58s of racing.
Vendee Globe leader Charlie Dalin has just under 500 miles to Australia’s Cape Leeuwin
Vendee leader Charlie Dalin has slowed slightly as he starts the passage along the Australian safety barrier now in a more moderate breeze.
Vendee Globe – Sam Goodchild takes northern route to avoid the approaching severe depression
With more competitors repositioning to their north east, leader Charlie Dalin and Seb Simon are left out on their own as clear leaders
Vendée Globe leaders starting to fly downwind towards the Cape of Good Hope
Monday morning the leaders of the Vendée Globe are riding a secondary depression north of Rio de Janeiro and starting to fly downwind towards the Cape of Good Hope
Vendee Globe – Charlie Dalin (MACIF) is the leader Saturday morning
Of the 39 boats still racing in the Vendée Globe most are now out of the Doldrums and almost half are now across the Equator in the Southern Hemisphere
Vendee Globe – Sam Goodchild leads the race on his 35th birthday
On the afternoon of his 35th birthday British skipper Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) took the race lead again.
Vendee Globe – Sam Goodchild speeds back into the Vendee race lead on Sunday
British skipper Sam Goodchild took back the Vendee Globe lead in the 18:00 Ranking Sunday and continued to lead at the 22:00 Ranking.
Vendee Globe Day 5 – Maxime Sorel is the first skipper to abandon the tenth edition of the race
French Vendée Globe skipper Maxime Sorel, is unfortunately the first skipper to abandon the tenth edition of the race.
Vendee Globe Day 3 – Sam Goodchild takes lead off Portugal
Britain’s Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) has taken the lead in the Vendée Globe solo race around the world as the leaders of the 40 boat fleet descend south down the Iberian peninsula
Vendee Globe – Sam Goodchild in leading pack heading to Cape Finisterre
Pre-race favourite Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prevoyance) leads the 40 boat Vendée Globe fleet towards Cape Finisterre on the NW corner of Spain.
