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Vendée Globe winner and runner up Charlie Dalin and Yoann Richomme have their IMOCA boats safely at the dock on the Ponton d’honneur and can finally rest for full, long night in a bed that doesn’t rock, enjoy good food and drink, decompress and re-enter real life on dry land.

“It was fantastic, it was wonderful. This is a great moment and I was happy to have waited a little bit (before the finish), so that yesterday was Charlie's day and today is mine. “I am not interested in collecting trophies - they always end up on a dusty shelf or in a container so that's not…

“This race was different to my first Vendée Globe. Four years ago I did not go through depression Theta and that’s something I regretted. This time, when the depression presented itself, I hesitated, but said to myself, ‘I have to go because it's the best option.’ But if it had been my first Vendée…

To call Yoann Richomme a rookie is doing the two-times winner of the Route du Rhum, double winner of La Solitaire du Figaro and the winner of two back-to-back solo IMOCA Transats something of a disservice. But in the terms of the Vendée Globe as a first timer that is what Richomme is.

After a thrilling and long-running duel with winner Charlie Dalin, the PAPREC ARKÉA skipper completed his first solo round the world race this morning at 0612 UTC, taking a superb second place after 65 days, 18 hours and 10 minutes at sea. It’s a remarkable achievement for a Vendée Globe first…

Winner of the tenth edition of the Vendée Globe, Charlie Dalin has entered race legend. After 64 days at an electric pace the 40 year old Frenchman has his name on the trophy. With a remarkable precision, some bold but carefully measured and monitored strategies and his trademark scientific rigor,…