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October 31. 2008 at 10:35
Back to Black...The long, good Friday.
This is going to be the longest day for the Hugo Boss team ... -
October 30. 2008 at 17:08
Power dressing
The Vendée Globe tests the extremes, from the heat and humidity of the Doldrums to the frozen wastes of the deep South, it is an acknowledged fact that the solo skipper who is more comfortable in the ... -
October 30. 2008 at 17:00
D day-10
Only ten days left before the start. The skippers are turning up one by one in the harbour in Vendée, while the shore teams are busy from first light, before the crowds, who certainly do not seem to ... -
October 30. 2008 at 11:10
Clearing the decks
Ten days before the start and the Vendée Globe race village really reaches that mood of the calm before the storm. -
October 30. 2008 at 11:09
On the crest of a Wavre
Dominic Wavre is in good shape as he approaches his second Vendée Globe race. This time he sails a boat which was built at Southern Ocean Marine in New Zealand as the first of the newest generation of ... -
October 29. 2008 at 17:48
The Vendée Globe … from Les Sables d’Olonne to Paris
While the pontoons in the harbour in Les Sables d’Olonne and the aisles in the race village continue to attract the crowds during the school holidays, Race HQ in Paris is taking shape at the foot of ... -
October 29. 2008 at 13:48
Vincent Riou at home
The biggest crowd on the dock this early morning is around the all-orange PRB where the Vendée Globe champion Vincent Riou is quietly working below. -
October 28. 2008 at 20:16
On target for the weekend
They may both be on a less travelled road, making ready for the Vendée Globe start, but the news remains positive from both the last minute refit of Steve White’s Spirit of Weymouth and from the Alliaura ... -
October 28. 2008 at 14:10
Moving on up
A proud Basque, Unai Basurko has not stopped working on his Australian designed and built Pakea Bizkaia since he finished third in the Velux 5 Oceans Race in May 2007. -
October 28. 2008 at 13:00
Anne Liardet - I so enjoyed it!
She won over the yachting world during the last Vendée Globe by writing a fine chapter in the history of the Vendée Globe. As she was unable to find a partner, Anne Liardet will not be taking part ... -
October 28. 2008 at 10:30
The backstage boys
It may sound strange, but solo racing is essentially team work. In order to ensure they are fully ready for the start of the Vendée Globe on 9th November, each competitor relies on a team of assistants ... -
October 28. 2008 at 06:30
Feeding 'Les Rosbifs'
If the competitive advantage over their French rivals proved to be English made food, how would that make a country feel which takes pride in its prowess in solo ocean racing and its haute cuisine? -
October 27. 2008 at 17:41
Aquarelle.com testing her hydrogenerators
Yannick Bestaven, a qualified engineer and keen ocean racer, is trying to achieve what appears to be squaring the circle. This former Mini-Transat winner refuses to give up his green convictions for ... -
October 27. 2008 at 16:00
French TV star, Nicolas Hulot visits the Vendée Globe
He has hosted many nature and ecology programmes on French TV that have been a thorn in the sides of politicians, but today Nicolas Hulot was in Les Sables d’Olonne to offer support to Raphaël Dinelli ... -
October 27. 2008 at 14:41
Psycho chiller.....Qu´est-ce que c´est?
It’s not a training that many would readily associate with the armoury and preparation of the seemingly hard bitten, hard driving solo ocean racers but working with a top sports psychologist is an interesting ...
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