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February 03. 2009
Anatomy of the winning boat
Already back in 2000, Michel Desjoyeaux worked alongside the Finot Group designers to get them to incorporate some of his ideas to his Open 60. And, again this time the boat which won Desjyoeaux for the second time, built in collaboration with the ... -
January 30. 2009
These final days at sea
The finish is within sight for the leader of the Vendée Globe signifying the return to land. But before that, there are still a few days at sea, with a range of emotions between the joy of finishing with the nostalgia of some great moments ... -
January 26. 2009
The Azores
Discovered by an Arab serving King Roger II of Sicily in 1154, the Azores were colonised by the Portuguese in 15th Century, after they had been visited by the English, Dutch, Spanish, Belgians and French... essentially, as they were seen as a stopover ... -
January 23. 2009
On the fast track
In the Northern Hemisphere, just as in the Southern Hemisphere, the trade winds offer the high speed routes around the edges of high-pressure areas, forming the fast tracks that ocean racers take to surf along at high speeds. -
January 19. 2009
Islands in the sun
A Brazilian environmental protection area, which is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the islands of Fernando de Noronha are in the path of the Vendée Globe competitors, as they head back up the Atlantic to les Sables d’Olonne. ... -
January 09. 2009
The lighthouse at the end of the world
After sailing around the Antarctic, the competitors in the Vendée Globe have to round Cape Horn and then a few miles further on, pass the tip of Patagonia, Staten Island, under the winking eye of the lighthouse at the end of the world. Not ... -
January 05. 2009
The Horn, a novel idea
There are those who have been there, and those that merely dream of it. In any case, Cape Horn continues to fascinate readers and writers. Fictional and factual works, from novels to short stories and travel essays, there are many who have tried ... -
January 04. 2009
Chilly Chile 's craggy cape
Beyond the gateway out of the white hell of the Southern Oceans, it may not be a paradise: Cape Horn offers some relief, but is not the escape that some imagine. After four weeks or more in the Southern Oceans, the solo yachtsmen will finally be ... -
December 26. 2008
Global warming and Icebergs: pouring cold water on some preconceived ideas
Around Antarctica, there are said to be an increasing number of icebergs. People say they are moving further and further north and global warming is widely considered to be the cause. Three accusations that are so commonly made that they ... -
December 23. 2008
The International Date Line
When Phileas Fogg, the hero of Jules Verne's novel, decided to go around the world in eighty days, he did not know that the story would end happily, or that it would be a success thanks to the longitude of Australia and New Zealand. ... -
December 15. 2008
Cape Leeuwin
At the south-western tip of of Australia, Cape Leeuwin is the least well known of the three capes traditionally marking out a round the world voyage. it was not until the sixteenth century that a Portuguese navigator discovered this hostile ... -
December 12. 2008
Way down south
As Titouan Lamazou called it, the Land of the Shadows inspires fear and fascination at the same time. This grey and desolate universe, hundreds or even thousands of miles from civilisation, you can expect to find winds, waves and maybe some ice... ... -
December 05. 2008
24 Hours in the life of a solo sailor
Of course there is the race. It is exciting stuff. The Vendée Globe skippers are sailing their boats at an incredible pace, making tactical choices, carrying out manoeuvres at all hours. In spite of that, life goes on: eating, sleeping ... -
December 02. 2008
The Cape of Good Hope
In the fifteenth Century, the major trading nations deployed all the means at their disposal to find new routes to India and Asia, following in the footsteps of Marco Polo, exploring to the Caspian steppes, the deserts of Kazakhstan, the foothills ... -
December 01. 2008
The Ice Gates
A few explanations about the Vendée Globe round the world passage. The rules of the Vendée Globe stipulate that the competitors must sail around the world without stopovers and without any external help. If we look at the ... -
November 28. 2008
Blowing hot and cold
If we say that it blows hot and cold on the fleet in the Vendée Globe, we are not simply using a sporting metaphor. From this weekend, our round the world sailors, although in spring in the southern hemisphere, will be experiencing a dramatic ... -
November 24. 2008
St Helena and her demons
Consider an island with a surface area of not much more than 120 Km2 sitting almost 2000 kilometres off the coast of Africa and 3500 from Brazil. It made the ideal site for an open-air prison: the English realised its potential when they exiled Emperor ... -
November 17. 2008
A few hours or a few days
The Inter-tropical Convergence Zone, usually referred to as the Doldrums by sailors – or Pot au Noir in French - is a weather zone that is extremely variable in its position from east to west and in its size from north to south. This strip located ... -
November 13. 2008
Madeira
Lying on the trade route, the islands of Madeira are isolated in the Atlantic, 500 miles from Lisbon and 250 miles from the Canaries. These volcanic islands rise up to more than 1500 metres in height, affecting the wind, creating a lee which ...
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