Vendée Globe

It was at 12 hours 04 minutes and 10 seconds GMT this Tuesday 8th February 2005 that the 60 foot monohull VMI skippered by Sébastien Josse crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe 2004, a single-handed race, without stopovers and without assistance departing and finishing in Les Sables d’Olonne (France).

The race time to make the 23 680 miles is 93 days 00 hours and 02 minutes and 10 seconds at an average theoretical speed across the course of 10.61 knots.

References (GMT) :
Start and finish : Les Sables d’Olonne (France)
Number of miles to cover : 23 680 miles
Start date : Sunday 7 November 2004 at 1202 GMT
Date of first arrival : Vincent Riou (PRB) on Wednesday 2 February 2005 at 22hr 49mn 55sec GMT.
Date of second arrival : Jean Le Cam (Bonduelle) on Thursday 3 February 2005 at 05hr 22mn 08sec GMT.
Date of third arrival: Mike Golding (Ecover) on Friday 4 February 2005 at 03 hr 17 minutes 13 seconds GMT.
Date of fourth arrival: Dominique Wavre (Temenos) on Tuesday 8 February 2005 at 05 hr 15 minutes 20 seconds GMT.
Josse’s Race time : 93 days 00 hours 02 minutes 10 seconds.
Delay behind leader :.5 days 13 hours 14 minutes 15 seconds.

Sébastien Josse’s Race (VMI) :
Passage of the equator (outward trip) : 18 November 2004 at 0600 GMT 10 days 17 hours and 58 minutes
Passage of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) : 3 December 2004 at 0532 GMT after 25 days 17 hours and 30 minutes
Passage of Cape Leeuwin (Australia) : 15 December 2004 at 0550 GMT after 37 days 17 hours and 48 minutes
Passage of Cape Horn (Chile) : on 6 January 2005 at 2324 GMT after 60 days 11 hours and 22 minutes
Passage of the equator (return) : on 23 January 2005 at 1400 GMT after 77 days 1 hour and 58 minutes

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