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November 15. 2008 at 14:45
Me Time and Contemplation Time
The most recent position reports confirm a slight slow down and continued compression as the leaders negotiate a slight ridge of high pressure. -
November 15. 2008 at 08:22
Recovery phase
If there is ever a time and opportunity to rest then maybe the leading Vendée Globe skippers are seeing this as the time to seize a spell of slightly lighter winds to recharge their very depleted ... -
November 14. 2008 at 21:26
Bowing to age and experience
Experience is telling at the front of the Vendée Globe pack on, and among those chasing too.Over five days in ... -
November 14. 2008 at 19:00
Feeling the strain
The intensity is telling at the front of the Vendée Globe fleet but as the breezes appear to be getting a little lighter ahead so the pressure will only increase among the leading group. -
November 14. 2008 at 13:44
From the French Radio Broadcast
Here is a summary of what was said by French speaking skippers on the live radio vacations today. -
November 14. 2008 at 11:57
Le Cam on the prowl
On the 1000hrs GMT update Loïck Peyron (Gitana Eighty) holds on to his most of his lead, but it is Jean Le Cam (VM Matériaux) who is stepping up to the plate as his most likely challenger. ... -
November 14. 2008 at 08:34
Peyron Pace
The Peyron pace is quick and Seb Josse and Jean Pierre Dick are having to live with that for the moment at the front of the Vendée Globe fleet, passing 115 miles to the west of the Canary Islands ... -
November 13. 2008 at 21:32
Cam le Man
The maverick march of Jean Le Cam (VM Matériaux) continues as the first skipper to choose to leave Madeira to starboard, along with Marc Guillemot (Safran) tailing some 50 miles behind him. ... -
November 13. 2008 at 18:32
Giving it some
The pace at the front of the fleet is incessant. The leading five are passing Madeira with Loïck Peyron hanging on to a lead of 13.6 miles, making nearly 16 knots of boat speed, ahead of Seb Josse ... -
November 13. 2008 at 14:28
Thomson heading home
His Vendee Globe ambitions are thwarted for the second time, Alex Thomson has vowed to be back again in 2012. His team announced his official retirement, issuing a statement confirming that they are ... -
November 13. 2008 at 11:58
Peyron takes ten
The 1000hrs GMT update shows Gitana Eighty, skippered by Loïck Peyron has extended his lead by about 10 miles over the period since the last scheduled position report, ... -
November 13. 2008 at 09:09
Meteo: the thousand mile strategy
With a ridge of high pressure stretching right up to the Bay of Biscay from the Azores high, the wind off Madeira is a 20-knot easterly on the leeward side and 20-knot NE'ly between the islands and ... -
November 13. 2008 at 08:00
Gitana Eighty leads Stamm restarts
Loïck Peyron, (Gitana Eighty) regains the lead as the pace increases at the front of the fleet. A gap develops to fourth. -
November 12. 2008 at 20:58
Gybing thick and fast
As the leading group gybe Seb Josse has stretched his leading margin again to 4.1 miles over the omnipresent Jean Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2) while Loïck Peyron (Gitana ... -
November 12. 2008 at 19:02
Jojo a gogo: BT leads
Skirting the outside of the Azores high pressure system Seb Josse (BT) has held the lead that he established on this morning’s positions as he seeks to bank some of his gains from the easterly ...
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