Sébastien Josse is planning to line up for his third Vendée Globe in October 2012 at the helm of a new boat. He will need to begin the construction work in a year from now. 2010 is going to be a big year for Sébastien, as he is also planning to take part in the Solitaire du Figaro: " With the BT project ending, 2010 is the right time to start afresh.My idea is to do a season in the Figaro to get ready for the 2012 Vendée Globe and start thinking about the new 60-foot IMOCA. In fact, we’re already looking around at the new boats and we’re beginning to think about the choice of designer, yard and the technical aspects."

The 2008-2009 Vendée Globe prize-giving ceremony took place on Saturday 23rd May 2009. You can view the photos of this exceptional evening attended by more than 120,000 people by clicking here.

If you are a British TV viewer and missed the highlights of the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe on Channel Four, there is another opportunity to see film of the race and the competitors in May. The series originally shown in March concentrates on the British entrants and includes footage filmed by the sailors themselves at sea, as well as the start and finish of the race. Parts 3 and 4 will be shown next Sunday at seven in the morning (British Summer Time).

The Vendée Globe online store is still open 24 hours a day. You can find the Vendée Globe collection of clothes for men, women and children. The ideal gift for fans of the Vendée Globe. To visit the site click here!

The new board of IMOCA was voted and agreed on this Friday in Barcelona.
President: Dominique Wavre (Temenos);
Vice Presidents: Pascal Chadail (Safran) and Jacques Guilbaud;
Secretary General: Bernard Stamm (Cheminées poujoulat).
Technical committee President: Pascal Chadail (Safran).
Events Committee President: Jean Le Cam (VM Matériaux).
To complete the Executive Committee: Yann Eliès (Générali) and Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss).
Treasurer: Luc Talbourdet (Paprec-Virbac).
 

Four skippers from the last Vendée Globe took part last weekend in the Spi Ouest-France in La Trinité sur Mer in Brittany. Sébastien Josse (BT) was given the job of tactician on Thomas Rouxel's Open 7.50 Défi Mousquetaires, which won the event in that category after twelve races were run in Quiberon Bay. The Open 7.50 Safran finished seventh. Marc Guillemot had entrusted the boat to Sébastien Audigane. Still in the same category, Arnaud Boissières (Akena Verandas) was on board F. Leonart's O’Tomate, but had to be satisfied with finishing sixteenth. As for Jean-Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2), he was accompanied by Jean-Luc Petithuguenin, the CEO of the Paprec Group on board the Sinergia 40 Paprec-Recyclage which was skippered by Stéphane Névé. The crew came second in IRC-1 just behind the Grand Soleil 43, Codiam. Finally, Samantha Davies (Roxy) was working as mainsail trimmer and helping out with tactics aboard a J-80 in the BMW Sailing Cup.