2012.02.01 - After losing her mast in the Transat Jacques Vabre, a new one is being made for Akena Vérandas at the JMV yard in Cherbourg. The monohull currently ...

2012.02.01 - The sailor Liz Wardley has just announced she will be taking part in the 2012 -2013 Vendée Globe after signing a three-year long partnership contract ...

2012.01.27 - Winner of the last Solitaire du Figaro, then the Transat Jacques Vabre alongside Jean-Pierre Dick in the autumn, the skipper from Morlaix in Brittany, ...

2012.01.20 - At the end of December, Kito de Pavant’s Groupe Bel settled in Port Camargue for a winter refit aimed at making a few improvements, confirming them and ...

2012.01.16 - The French sailor, Charles Caudrelier is currently racing in the Volvo Ocean Race aboard Groupama 4, but looking ahead to 2016 is aiming to compete in the Vendée ...

2012.01.16 - With ten months to go to the start of the next Vendée Globe, on 10th November in Les Sables d'Olonne, the skipper of Safran Marc Guillemot spent the holiday ...

2011.12.27 - The Vendée Globe is well and truly an international event. Out of the fifteen sailors so far registered, almost half are not French (7 out of the 15) ...

2011.12.26 - Mike Golding’s 60-foot boat, Gamesa is back in Southampton (GB) after twelve weeks in the Atlantic. The British skipper completed the Transat Jacques Vabre ...

2011.12.24 - The start of 2011 was difficult for Alex Thomson, who was forced to withdraw from the Barcelona World Race after suffering from appendicitis. Since then, Alex ...

2011.12.23 - By completing the Transat B to B, François Gabart and Louis Burton have both qualified for the next Vendée Globe. Leading the young generation, ...