Vendée Globe: Storm Forces Stamm to sail to New Zealand
Unable to stay where he is because of the imminent arrival of storm force conditions, Bernard Stamm (Cheminées Poujoulat) has been [...]
Vendée Globe: Stamm Shelters in Auckland Islands for Repairs
Bernard Stamm (Cheminées Poujoulat) has found shelter in the Auckland Islands, 250 miles south of New Zealand, on Sunday [...]
Vendée Globe: Le Cam Adds Salt to the Golding’s Wound
The interviews and the messages from the skippers fall into different categories; entertainment, information, misinformation [...]
Vendée Globe: Gabart Back On Top, Dick Slipping, Sansó Charging
How quickly the hunter becomes the hunted. Francois Gabart (MACIF) re-took his lead on Wednesday morning, 15 [...]
Vendée Globe: Alex Thomson hits object, has to make rudder repairs
Thomson holds fifth place, 160 miles behind the leader Francois Gabart this morning, and is back making 18-19 kts after 24 hours of enforced slow...
Vendée Globe: touch and Go pays for Le Cléac’h?
Vendée Globe leader Armel Le Cléac’h has been able to hold his most direct, optimum course towards the second ice security gate, Crozet, and should...
Vendée Globe: The Sailors Soldier On
It was not an easy night for the Vendée Globe skippers. The agitated sea bashed the boats and forced the determined [...]
Vendée Globe: Vincent Riou retires from the race
Even though he thought he was going to be able to fix the hull of his boat, Vincent Riou found himself unable to [...]
Vendée Globe – The Hare and the Tortoise: Di Benedetto reels them in
He was supposed to be here just for the adventure, he has packed 130 days worth of food and has a salad garden dotted [...]
Vendée Globe: Thomson Survives Rudder Scare
If Alex Thomson ever retires from sailing he might be able to open a mechanic’s workshop after unveiling the result of [...]
Vendée Globe: Bubi Takes Sack of Potatoes up The Mast
Javier Sansó (Acciona 100% EcoPowered) revealed that he went up his 100ft mast and successfully retrieved the main [...]
Vendée globe: Dominique’s strategy pays off
Dominique Wavre is currently lying 10th overall as the fleet reaches the Canary Islands [...]
Vendée Globe: Davies Dismasts, Cléac’h takes the Lead.
While Samantha Davies announced her dismasting to the race office last night, Armel Le Cleac'h, (Banque Populaire) [...]
Vendée Globe: Arnaud, au taquet !
Arnaud poursuit sa route sur le Vendée Globe et joue actuellement à saute-mouton avec les vagues "ça secoue, ouhouhou !" confiait le skipper, il y...
Vendée Globe: virage au Sud pour Armel Le Cléac’h
Armel Le Cléac’h a franchi la zone de calme cette nuit avec une aisance remarquable, gagnant même des milles sur son concurrent François Gabart en...
Vendée Globe: Banque Populaire dans le trio de tête
Malgré son départ volé samedi à 13h02, Armel Le Cléac’h a rapidement pu reprendre le fil de la course et s’est [...]
Vendée Globe, Dominique Wavre: “This is the pinnacle of an offshore sailor’s career”
While almost a million people flocked to the Vendée Globe village and strolled the pontoons over the past three weeks, the skippers have slowly been...
Who will win the Vendée Globe?
It is a very special formula which delivers outright victory in the Vendée Globe, the solo non stop around the world race which starts this...
Maxi Rolex Boat Show: a collaborative process
With the range of concepts and solutions on display, it is little surprise that many Maxi projects are born at or inspired by the Maxi...
Extreme 40 – Interim Media Valuation: 37% like for like increase in Media Valuation for first 4 Acts
The Extreme Sailing Series™ has released an independent interim media valuation report covering the first four Acts (Muscat, Qingdao, Istanbul and Porto) of the 7-Act...
