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Le souffle de l'aventure | Daily Récap | Vendée Globe 2024
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Hose change for Sébastien Marsset

À bord de Singchain Team Haikou (Jingkun Xu)

Wild in the west as leader Dalin prepares for peaceful exit to Pacific

While Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance), the race leader, is due to pass into the Pacific this evening or tonight, and also cross the theoretical half way point of the 23,890 nautical miles course for the Vendée Globe 10th edition, way far to his west – nearer the Kerguelen Islands – skippers…

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Conrad Colman: "Gusts from 48 to 50 knots, 3 reefs..."

Boris Herrmann goes at full speed | Vendée Globe 2024
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Mast track damage on board HUMAN IMMOBILIER.

We've got a nice depression on our hands right now. This one's going to kick ass! I've prepared everything properly, leaving nothing to chance on deck or inside. It's going to be two very sporting and committed days, and we're going to have to hang in there!

11 DÉCEMBRE 2024 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau New Europe lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 11 décembre 2024. (Photo du skipper Szabolcs Weöres) Bird
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A tough night for Guirec Soudée

RACE, DECEMBER 11, 2024 : Photo sent from the boat GUYOT Environnement - Water Family during the Vendee Globe sailing race on December 11, 2024. (Photo by skipper Benjamin Dutreux)

Pacific beckons tomorrow for Dalin

Ten skippers have now passed Cape Leeuwin, the most recent being Paul Meilhat (Biotherm) at 2213hrs UTC the winner of the 2020-21 Vendée Globe Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ V) 2322hrs UTC last night. Looking at the passage times is a reminder how much closer this race is than anything we have seen…

Un court répit | Daily Recap | Vendée Globe 2024
Guirec Soudée à bord de Freelance.com

A defining split?

With the top three on the Vendée Globe are all making good progress eastwards under Australia their pursuers look set to deal with a windless zone that is forming which could widen the gaps even further.  Indeed the next few days as leader Charlie Dalin moves out of the Indian Ocean and into the…

Pip Hare: "I looked at my repair... I'll never be a boatbuilder!"

Weather report #31- December 11 | Vendée Globe 2024
"Life is good onboard" for Borris Hermann   | Vendée Globe 2024
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Learn about polar scientific stations

Now that the skippers are well into their circumnavigation of Antarctic it’s a good time to learn about the polar scientific stations which are situated in some of the most remote, hostile parts of the world. A polar station is a stationary hub which is used by scientists to monitor and study the…

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COURSE, 10 DÉCEMBRE 2024 : Photo envoyée depuis le bateau Singchain Team Haikou lors de la course à la voile du Vendée Globe le 10 décembre 2024. (Photo du skipper Jingkun Xu)
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