After announcing on Friday, December 27, a major failure in the steering system of the IMOCA Maître CoQ V, which could not be repaired at sea, Yannick Bestaven, in consultation with his technical team, decided to make a …
•••The skippers of the Vendée Globe have reached a key milestone: entering the South Pacific Ocean, the most remote area on the planet. The farther they sail, the further they drift from any land, heading toward the legenda…
•••Like hundreds of thousands of others around the world, Ian Walker, a double Olympic silver…
•••Because of irreparable damage to the D2 shroud on his IMOCA, New Europe, Hungarian skipper…
•••Two days after snatching second from Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) Yoann Richomme, ski…
•••This Sunday, December 15, at 10:45 PM (French time), while holding the 15th position in th…
•••A year and a few months after laying the first layer of recycled carbon at DUQUEINE Atlant…
•••The Be Water Positive Sailing Team will be on the start line in August 2025.
•••After a month of racing, the fleet now spans two oceans. Charlie Dalin remains in the lead…
•••CLOSE TO DISMASTING Yesterday Guirec was having trouble with his jibtop which was blocked …
•••Watching his performance in the Vendée Globe, the confident way he has sailed and his exce…
•••Franck Cammas, an experienced sailor of the world’s oceans and co-skipper of Jérémie Beyou…
•••The IMOCA presents its new online store, featuring two lithographs designed by the talente…
•••Around 1 p.m. (French time) on Wednesday, December 4, Louis Burton informed the Vendée Glo…
•••In recent days the focus in the Vendée Globe has been on the latest foilers, as the leadin…
•••The IMOCA fleet is now split into two distinct groups as they approach the Cape of Good Ho…
•••Like everyone else who has been gripped by what has been an extraordinary 10th edition of …
•••Still propelled by a fast moving depression the six leading boats continue at record speed…
•••On this 11th day of racing, some competitors have already passed through the daunting Dold…
•••The Doldrums might cause a big shake-up at the front of the fleet and watch out for Charli…
•••Going fast since yesterday in the NE’ly trade winds on a practically flat sea, French Vend…
•••It's now been five days since the IMOCA fleet set sail from Les Sables d'Olonne, and alrea…
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