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February 18. 2009
What a finish!
Vincent Riou noted this weekend: «Four years ago, no one was expecting such a closely fought contest right up to the finish of the race (the 2004 Vendée Globe that he won). This time, however, everyone believed it likely that there would ... -
February 12. 2009
Women in the Vendée Globe
The only two women taking part in the race are about to achieve excellent results, finishing in the top 6 from 30 starters. Samantha Davies (Roxy) should be the third competitor to cross the finishing line after a well executed race which she has ... -
February 05. 2009
2005: A close finish
At the finish of the last Vendée Globe 6 hours and 30 minutes separated PRB skipper Vincent Riou on from his rival, Jean Le Cam on Bonduelle. An incredibly short time in relation to the distance they covered sailing around the world. The ... -
January 29. 2009
We are the champions
In 48 hours, Michel Desjoyeaux is set to complete his round the world voyage aboard Foncia and see his name once again in the list of winners. Today, we look back at the champions, who have left their mark on the Vendée Globe. -
January 22. 2009
29th January 2001-Ellen grabs the lead
On 10th January 2001 at 19h 07’, Michel Desjoyeaux rounded the Horn. Having set sail 72 days earlier from Les Sables d’Olonne, the skipper of the white PRB was at the front with a comfortable lead over his nearest rival, ... -
January 12. 2009
1997: No reply
The first few days of 1997 were marked by a series of boats being lost in the Indian Ocean. It was a miracle but all three sailors were rescued. As the organizers at Race HQ in Paris were relieved to hear of the rescue of Thierry Dubois and Tony ... -
January 09. 2009
2000: the mainsail starter
It's the final day of the year 2000. On board PRB, sailing in the South Pacific at the front of the Vendée Globe fleet, Michel Desjoyeaux starts the new year with everything looking rosy. He has just made it through a high-pressure area, which ... -
January 01. 2009
2000: Yves Parlier's incredible achievement
In the 2000-2001 Vendée Globe, in the battle at the front of the fleet alongside Michel Desjoyeaux and Roland Jourdain, Yves Parlier, who had been left behind, stepped up the pace in the Southern Ocean to get back up with them. Sailing faster ... -
December 25. 2008
1990 : VDH, three days in the ice!
On 1st February 1990, the boat 36-15 Met was sailing in the Pacific at 62 degrees south, less than five degrees from the Polar circle*. Her skipper Jean-Luc Van den Heede, then in second place, 284 miles from the leader Titouan Lamazou, had climbed ... -
December 11. 2008
Nothing without a rudder
Of the 15 competitors taking part in the third Vendée Globe (1996/1997), there were four strong favourites: Christophe Auguin, Yves Parlier, Isabelle Autissier and the Canadian, Gerry Roufs. They all had one thing in common. They ... -
December 06. 2008
1989: The incredible rescue of Fleury Michon
A month after the start of the first Vendée Globe, Titouan Lamazou was in the lead in the rankings, closely followed by Philippe Poupon. On the night of 27th December 1989, the Breton sailor was making good speed aboard his Fleury Michon. ... -
November 27. 2008
Yves Parlier - Captain Storm
On 22nd November 1992, Yves Parlier set sail at the front of the 14-boat fleet taking part in the second edition of the Vendée Globe. Heavily shaken up by an angry Bay of Biscay, his Cacolac d’Aquitaine was dismasted two days later. ... -
November 19. 2008
A legendary Vendée Globe boat
As the first boats approach the Equator, slowing through the Doldrums there is time to tell of a famous boat, the first winner of the Vendée Globe, Ecureuil d’Aquitaine, a 60-foot boat designed by the Bouvet/Petit team, which crossed ...
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