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.

Vendée Globe – Second placed Sébastien Simon has sustained a broken starboard foil

Sébastien Simon, lying second in the Vendée Globe, has sustained a broken starboard foil on his IMOCA Groupe Dubreuil

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.

Vendée Globe leader Charlie Dalin has had his toughest night and Brit Goodchild has passed Nico Lunven

Vendée Globe leader Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) has had his toughest night but seems now to be getting through the worst of the back side of the low pressure system.

Vendee Globe race leaders outrunning monster low pressure system past the Kerguelen Islands

Vendee Globe race leaders Charlie Dalin and Sébastien Simon are outrunning a monster low pressure system as they pass the Kerguelen Islands

Louis Burton has had to abandon the Vendee Globe

At around midday UTC Wednesday, Louis Burton (BUREAU VALLÉE) informed the Vendée Globe race management that he had to abandon the race

Vendee Globe leaders negotiate the first major storm in the cold and windy south

Sunday will be a quick transition from the Atlantic Ocean to a very different phase of the Vendee Globe as the leaders negotiate the first major storm in the cold and windy south.

Vendee Globe – Charlie Dalin first to Cape of Good Hope Friday afternoon

After ten days charging across the South Atlantic, Vendée Globe leader Charlie Dalin crossed the legendary cape at Friday afternoon.

Vendee Globe that keeps on giving – Solo monohull record breaks 600 miles and average speed 25.11 knots

Still propelled by a fast moving depression the six leading Vendee Globe boats continue at record speeds and another 24hr monohull and solo distance record

Vendee Globe Race Directors move the Antarctic Exclusion Zone south by almost 100 miles

The Vendee Globe Race Directors have decided to drop the Antarctic Exclusion Zone south by almost 100 miles

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

SailGP Season 5 – Day 2 Racing delayed

SailGP has confirmed that the live broadcast window of Dubai’s second day of racing will be delayed by one hour ie 11:00 hrs UK