2009.02.03 - Armel Le Cléac’h, ‘The Jackal’ did not so much pounce as quietly assume the second place in the Vendée Globe that Roland Jourdain ...

2009.02.02 - After the party to welcome Michel Desjoyeaux yesterday, today a touch of sadness in the race, as Roland Jourdain is forced to retire...

2009.02.02 - In the light of a forecast of more than 40 knots of wind tomorrow and his need to have a four or five days window of favourable weather, Roland Jourdain’s ...

2009.02.02 - A difficult, tough but ultimately sensible decision taken by Roland Jourdain this morning, he will effectively stop racing when his shore team come on board ...

2009.02.02 - After 84 days of sailing, Roland Jourdain took the decision this morning to bring his Vendée Globe to an end and stop racing at the Azores.

2009.02.02 - The parties went on long into the night as Les Sables d’Olonne welcomed home France’s sporting hero, celebrating not just his second Vendée ...

2009.02.01 - Sunday 9th November at 13h02 The start of the Vendée Globe 2008/2009 is all shrouded in grey! Low cloud and boiling seas welcome the thirty solo ...

2009.02.01 - MIchel Desjoyeaux, who retains his 100% Vendee Globe record, raced twice won twice, is making his whirlwind media tour around the Vendee Globe village. French ...

2009.02.01 - Sailing more than 28,303 miles, averaging around 13.2 knots, French solo skipper Michel Desjoyeaux has shattered the Vendée Globe ...

2009.02.01 - Michel Desjoyeaux is approaching the finish less than 20 miles away now and making over 10 knots and so should break the line around 1600-1630 hrs local time ...