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January 29. 2009 at 20:30
Bilou, I can't explain why I didn't capsize, The Jackal is in waiting
It has been confirmed by Roland Jourdain’s team that Veolia Environnement has lost her keel bulb. -
January 29. 2009 at 18:40
Jourdain will assess damage in Azores but still making eight to ten knots
As Les Sables d’Olonne prepares, expecting to welcome the winner home this weekend, if there was anything resembling a false sense of security descending on the Vendée ... -
January 29. 2009 at 14:19
Jourdain heading to Azores with keel problem, Desjoyeaux under 1000 miles from finishing
Roland Jourdain is now slowed and heading for the Azores after suffering keel damage during last night. -
January 29. 2009 at 13:18
Veolia Environnement has keel problem
At around 0400hrs GMT this morning, Roland Jourdain called his shore team to inform them that he had a problem with his keel. For the moment, the boat is stable and continuing ... -
January 29. 2009 at 08:21
The last thousand miles
Michel Desjoyeaux has his bow pointed at Les Sables d’Olonne and will soon have just three figures registering on his ‘distance to go’. -
January 28. 2009 at 21:28
On fire, and warming up for the party
Michel Desjoyeaux is on fire this evening, 17.5 knots is the quickest we have seen from him for a long time and he is set to keep up that pace in the building breeze. ... -
January 28. 2009 at 18:45
80 Days and the Beat Goes On
Michel Desjoyeaux passed that point today where his advantage over second placed Roland Jourdain represented half the distance to the finish in Les Sables d’Olonne. But in reality at the time ... -
January 28. 2009 at 13:27
A steal for Foncia
It is another relatively easy 100 miles gain for Michel Desjoyeaux who is now 730 miles ahead with 1344 miles to sail to the finish, so he has a lead of more than half of the distance that he still ... -
January 28. 2009 at 08:05
Sticking points again for Jourdain, Great American respects Antarctic to starboard
3.2 knots. That was the meagre speed recorded during the night by Veolia Environnement. The red boat is suffering in the Azores high, with her sails flapping listlessly at times and and speeds limited ... -
January 27. 2009 at 21:00
Slowed and trapped, the low points in the highs.
It is Roland Jourdain’s turn to endure the slow going round the Azores High pressure system and as Michel Desjoyeaux’s lead grows ever closer to 600 miles, so ... -
January 27. 2009 at 19:20
Enjoy it while you can
For the top six or seven skippers of the Vendée Globe fleet these are the days to savour and to remember after their return to Les Sable d’Olonne, through the remaining weeks of the Northern ... -
January 27. 2009 at 13:48
Taking the cake off Madeira
Some 900 miles to the west of Madeira, Michel Desjoyeaux is taking the safe option. After hitching north last night he is moving more east again paralleling the west-east ... -
January 27. 2009 at 08:58
Bouncing back
Bouncing back after a long week in very light, unsettled and – more importantly – unpredictable winds, Sam Davies, GBR, (Roxy) is firmly on the comeback trail, re-gaining ‘her’ ... -
January 26. 2009 at 18:15
Great Memories for the Great American and Desjoyeaux on course for home
Rich Wilson is highly adept at crunching numbers, a highly skilled mathematician who loves the cerebral challenge of this Vendée Globe, working the weather models to his vest advantage just ... -
January 26. 2009 at 14:08
Yes He Is, Rich Wilson at Cape Horn
Rich Wilson should reach Cape Horn around 1330hrs GMT and while it will be a big moment for the American skipper who at 57 years is the oldest in the race, he is looking forwards most to heading north ...
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