Visitors to this website, who have signed up for the special service in « The Locker » have been able to send messages to the skippers. Tens of thousands of messages have been received from around the world. In terms of popularity the rankings are rather different from the race rankings. At the top of the list, we find Sam Davies, who has now received around a hundred messages more than Michel Desjoyeaux. Those sending messages have clearly not forgotten the competitors forced to abandon the race, as after the winner of the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe, we find Loïck Peyron, Roland Jourdain and Yann Eliès, who all continue to receive messages of support from well-wishers.