Vendée Globe

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  November 12. 2008 at 16:57
  Thomson vows to fight on
  
  Alex Thomson arrived back off Les Sables d’Olonne early this morning with his damaged Hugo Boss and had to wait until just around midday to get back into the port. The immediate plan is to lift ...
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  November 12. 2008 at 12:29
  Stretching their legs.
  
  Seb Josse (BT) has taken over the Vendée Globe lead and is 6.3 miles ahead now over Jean Pierre Dick (Paprec Virbac 2) who has Loick Peyron (Gitana ...
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  November 12. 2008 at 09:30
  When to gybe?
  
  The fleet stretches out this Wednesday morning over 150 miles and all the solo skippers are benefiting from similar weather conditions, but as they skirt by the Azores high pressure system, the isobars ...
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  November 12. 2008 at 08:35
  The sunny train south
  
  After a perfect night’s sailing the Vendée Globe solo skippers are on the train south, pushed by favourable 15-18 knots N’ly winds and making around 12 knots heading towards the ...
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  November 11. 2008 at 20:56
  Leading the new machines
  
  Tuesday evening’s standings show Roland Jourdain to have taken up the running at the front of the fleet.
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  November 11. 2008 at 18:57
  Top Gear
  
  The pace at the front of the Vendée Globe fleet changed up the gears today as more favourable NW’ly winds eased the leading pack clear of Cape ...
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  November 11. 2008 at 11:40
  Putting the foot down
  
  As the winds become increasingly favourable to allow the skippers to really press down the accelerator, a group of six boats is making something of an escape at the top ...
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  November 11. 2008 at 09:58
  Paprec-Virbac 2 leads, Foncia re-starts.
  
  Within just a few hours the vicious cold front is gone and with it the 40-50knot winds. Almost immeditalely the whole rhythm of the race changes as the fleet sail with increasingly favourable 20-25 ...
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  November 10. 2008 at 23:13
  Hugo Boss returning after suffering structural damage
  
  Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss has structural damage to the hull of his Open 60 and is returning towards Les Sables d'Olonne.
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  November 10. 2008 at 20:14
  Bel and Aquarelle both dismasted, Algimouss Spirit of Canada coming back too.
  
  The tally of skippers forced to head back to Les Sables d'Olonne since the start has risen to seven following the news that Kito de Pavant's Groupe Bel as well as Yannick Bestaven on Aquarelle.com ...
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  November 10. 2008 at 14:09
  Safran leads, Dee's up there and Foncia makes the u-turn.
  
  It may have been a tough, physical first night for the 30 skippers who started the Vendée Globe in Les Sables d’Olonne yesterday but a malicious cold front ...
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  November 10. 2008 at 11:46
  Michel Desjoyeaux to return
  
  
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  November 10. 2008 at 07:18
  Tough first night
  
  It’s been a tough first night in the sixth Vendée Globe, with the fleet facing headwinds of 20-30 knots and 4-6 metre seas, and two boats already returning to port — Dominque Wavre ...
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  November 09. 2008 at 17:36
  An extraordinary day
  
  The send off was huge. Every vantage point along the canal from the haven of Les Sables d’Olonne port to the sea was jammed deep with tens of thousands of well wishers.
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  November 09. 2008 at 15:06
  Alone at last
  
  The sixth edition of the Vendée Globe got underway at 13h02 today (Sunday), on a gloomy day of variable south-westerly breezes with confused choppy seas inshore and a heavier swell out at sea. ...

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