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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 ... -
October 26. 2008 at 17:29
Arnaud Boissières : my boat and I, we´ve come a long way together
The skipper of Akena Vérandas is extremely calm and collected for a newcomer. With less than a fortnight to go before the start, «Cali» as his mates in the Mini-Transat nicknamed him, does not seem ... -
October 26. 2008 at 16:58
The Vendée Globe light show
Every evening at 7.15, 7.45, 8.15 and 8.45, a huge light show takes place in the marina and alongside the boats taking part in the Vendée Globe in front of thousands of visitors. Designed by Bruno Seillier ... -
October 26. 2008 at 12:14
Weekend World: The people’s race.
Fourteen days to go, and as far as the world of the Vendée Globe village goes it might as well be fourteen hours. It is that busy. 150,000 visitors have been counted through the village in the first ... -
October 25. 2008 at 18:52
Mr Durability's Dream
Norbert Sedlacek is back for more. Perhaps his wanderlust is born from coming from landlocked Austria, but at 47 years old this Viennese former public transport manager’s appetite for adventure remains ... -
October 25. 2008 at 18:20
The crowds move in
It was to be expected: with some really fine weather and the start of the school holidays, a friendly crowd gathered on the pontoons in Port Olona to discover the war machines that are the 60-foot Imoca ... -
October 25. 2008 at 18:00
Sign of the Zodiac
Being a hero is not something reserved for someone in a frogman´s suit, who turns up to free hostages or offer his girlfriend a box of chocolates. The 120 pilots aboard the sixty RIBs chartered by the ... -
October 25. 2008 at 16:30
Marc Thiercelin: the perfect mentor
Marc Thiercelin is back for his fourth Vendée Globe… in spite of swearing in 2005 that he would never do it again and that that was the final time. However, when DCNS offered him a project mixing ... -
October 25. 2008 at 12:00
NIP/TUCK
It’s a perfect morning around the Vendée Globe village and docks. -
October 25. 2008 at 11:17
Guard of honour for the dream-makers
Since the first edition of the Vendée Globe, fishermen have always worked alongside the event. They have traditionally towed the yachts out through the harbour channel in Les Sables d’Olonne, and ... -
October 24. 2008 at 19:16
A fighting spirit
Canadian Derek Hatfield, 56, sets out to take on the Vendée Globe, a race which in 1996 sadly took the life of his compatriot Gerry Roufs. His first personal encounter with this race was seeing that ... -
October 24. 2008 at 14:14
The English patients
All is going well with the repairs to Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss, while a few hundred metres Steve White’s Spirit of Weymouth’s final refit is also going well, too. -
October 24. 2008 at 14:00
How to follow the boats as they leave the port and set sail
From out at sea or from ashore, on the harbour wall or in front of the TV, there are a number of ways of watching the thirty boats leave the harbour and start the sixth Vendée Globe. -
October 24. 2008 at 12:00
Alain Gautier, safety consultant
Winner of the second edition of the Vendée Globe in 1992, Alain Gautier is acting as safety advisor for the organisers for the second consecutive time. He talked to us about the two boats he sailed ...
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