Vendée Globe

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  January 22. 2009 at 21:45
  74th Day of the Race: A story to tell
  
  Three weeks after abandoning the race, Sébastien Josse was in Paris today to take part in the radio session at Race HQ. He offered us some insights into the race. Meanwhile, Michel Dejoyeaux ...
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  January 22. 2009 at 18:48
  A growing gulf
  
  The gulf between leader Michel Desjoyeaux and Roland Jourdain grows ever bigger as the Foncia skipper continues to reap the rich reward of being nearly 500 miles clean away into the NE’ly trade ...
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  January 22. 2009 at 14:17
  Cashing in
  
  Michel Desjoyeaux has now earned over 90 miles since yesterday afternoon 1500hrs, making 13.1 knots this morning and averaging over 15 knots overnight. His gains should be set to continue for the foreseeable ...
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  January 22. 2009 at 08:14
  A sprint and a crawl
  
  For the two Vendée Globe leaders it is tale of the ‘have’ and the ‘have-not’ today, and there is little prospect of the situation improving very quickly for Roland Jourdain ...
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  January 21. 2009 at 20:51
  Secrets and sail repairs
  
  There may be some minor encouragement for Roland Jourdain whose speed has risen to 8.4 knots this evening, but Michel Desjoyeaux’s lead has increased to 391 miles and will, almost certainly be ...
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  January 21. 2009 at 19:00
  Twice as fast
  
  Twice as fast as his nearest rival this afternoon, Michel Desjoyeaux, with less than 3,000 miles to go has now lead for virtually half of the duration so far of this sixth edition of the Vendée ...
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  January 21. 2009 at 14:57
  Numbers crunched
  
  This information is drawn only from the daily rankings from 1000hrs GMT.  In the early days of the race the gap between Michel Desjoyeaux and the fleet leaders was widest not long after he restarted ...
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  January 21. 2009 at 13:35
  Summary of the French speaking skippers today
  
  Leader for 36 days now, almost half of the course, Michel Desjoyeaux gained 39 miles since yesterday afternoon and is now making 11.7 knots into NE’ly trades. So on the wind, choppy hard sailing ...
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  January 21. 2009 at 08:06
  Advantage Foncia
  
  Roland Jourdain the skipper of Veolia Environnement has been slowed down as he appears to have entered the ITCZ (Doldrums) while still only sailing at 3° south, which tends to indicate that the ...
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  January 20. 2009 at 20:46
  Medicine time?
  
  It looks like Roland Jourdain may be about to take his medicine in the Doldrums, slowing this evening to less than nine knots. But he can be reasonably happy with his gains ...
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  January 20. 2009 at 18:36
  A fast final fortnight, Feb 4 for Foncia for record
  
  Michel Desjoyeaux said today that the worst of the Doldrums are behind him and while he had to yield the best part of 185 miles back to his most consistent rival, Roland Jourdain, he is now emerging ...
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  January 20. 2009 at 13:14
  Business as usual
  
  Mich Desjoyeaux confirmed this morning that he thinks he is already emerging into the NE’ly trades.
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  January 20. 2009 at 08:24
  Foncia across the Equator
  
  Has Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) escaped from the Doldrums even before crossing the Equator?  That is the impression we get this morning, with his speed back up to 9.9 knots, ...
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  January 19. 2009 at 21:52
  Steve White a Cape Horner
  
  Steve White passed Cape Horn this evening at around 2030hrs GMT, and while his race is far from over it is a remarkable achievement, the high ...
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  January 19. 2009 at 18:33
  Paying a price for the outbound gains?
  
  What the Atlantic offered Michel Desjoyeaux by way of a straightforward passage on the southwards, outbound passage, will it now take back some on the return leg now.

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