Vendée Globe

It was at 17 hours 30 minutes and 40 seconds GMT this Sunday 6th March 2005 that the 60 foot monohull Roxy skippered by Anne Liardet 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 119 days 5 hours 28 minutes and 40 seconds at an average theoretical speed across the course of 8.25 knots. She finishes 31 days 18 hours 40 minutes and 45 seconds after the winner, Vincent Riou aboard PRB and becomes the third woman after Catherine Chabaud and Ellen MacArthur to officially complete the Vendée Globe.

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.
Date of second arrival : Jean Le Cam (Bonduelle) on Thursday 3 February 2005 at 05hr 22mn 08sec.
Date of third arrival: Mike Golding on Friday 4 February 2005 at 03 hr 17 minutes 13 sec.
Date of fourth arrival: Dominique Wavre on Tuesday 8 February at 05 hr 15 minutes 20 sec.
Date of fifth arrival: Sébastien Josse on Tuesday 8 February at 12 hr 04 minutes 10 sec.
Date of sixth arrival: Jean Pierre Dick on Sunday 13 February at 15 hr 51 minutes 38 sec.
Date of seventh arrival: Conrad Humphreys on Sunday 20 February at 02 hr 34 minutes 24 sec.
Date of eighth arrival: Joé Seeten on Sunday 20 February at 11 hr 04 minutes 45 sec.
Date of ninth arrival: Bruce Schwab on Friday 25 February at 08 hr 00 minutes 57 sec.
Date of tenth arrival: Benoît Parnaudeau on Thursday 3 March at 13 hr 08 minutes 54 sec.
Liardet’s Race time : 119 days 5 hours 28 minutes 40 seconds.

Liardet’s Race (Roxy) :
Passage of the equator (outward trip) : 21 November 2004 at 1930 GMT 14 days 07 hours and 28 minutes
Passage of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) : 9 December 2004 at 1030 GMT after 31 days 22 hours and 28 minutes
Passage of Cape Leeuwin (Australia) : 26 December 2004 at 1700 GMT after 49 days 04 hours and 58 minutes
Passage of Cape Horn (Chile) : on 26 January 2005 at 1330 GMT after 80 days 01 hour and 28 minutes
Passage of the equator (return) : on 15 February 2005 at 0200 GMT after 99 days 13 hours and 58 minutes

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