Vendée Globe
Most recent articles
-
#VG2016
Today at 15:04 UTC, British sailor Alex Thomson smashed two more race records in the solo, non-stop, around the world race, the Vendée Globe as he reached the Cape of Good Hope in 18d 03hrs 02mins.
-
#Imoca
Alex Thomson this evening arrived into Les Sable d’Olonne, France, after successfully finishing the Ocean Masters New York to Vendée Race in third place. Crossing the finishing line at 18:43 CEST, Thomson completed the race in 9 days, 21 hours, 3 minutes and 34 seconds, which secured him a place on the (...)
-
#Imoca
After three days of twists and turns in teasingly light conditions in the Bay of Biscay, Jérémie Beyou on Maître CoQ won the inaugural New York – Vendée (Les Sables d’Olonne) Race presented by Currency House and SpaceCode at 14:37:52 (French time) today (...)
-
#roadtovendee
On Sunday 6th November 2016, British yachtsman, Alex Thomson, will embark upon one of the toughest sporting challenges on the planet, the Vendée Globe. A gruelling single-handed, non-stop, unassisted race around the world, the Vendée Globe – the pinnacle event in the Ocean Masters World championship- takes place every four years and (...)
-
#VG2016
A top class sporting line-up with no fewer than nine nations taking part, Race HQ based at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, multi-screen international TV broadcasts, innovative digital and media Media #media arrangements... The eighth Vendée Globe already looks like being an exceptional vintage and confirms its place as the world’s (...)
-
#Imoca
On crossing the finish line off the Linuen Est mark, at the entrance of Port la Forêt harbour, this Wednesday 16 December, at 20hr 18mn 17s GMT, the skipper of IMOCA60 Edmond de Rothschild won the transatlantic race in style after dominating proceedings from beginning to end, only giving up the head of the race for the first six hours to SMA (...)
-
#Imoca
Alex Thomson Racing have today launched their new HUGO BOSS racing yacht, as they, and British sailor Thomson, start to build momentum in the run up to one of sport’s greatest challenges; the solo, unassisted, round-the-world yacht race, the Vendée Globe, which forms part of the Ocean Masters World (...)
-
#IMOCA
It was in the French Sailing Federation offices, IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA ’s headquarters, that the Annual General Meeting took place to review action undertaken and outline the main routes forward for the Class. The feedback from the past year was positive and plans are already in the pipeline for future (...)
-
Imoca Class
It was a studious General Assembly meeting that took place in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Nantes this Wednesday 15th October. On the agenda was the event programme for the class for the coming years, the partnership with OSM (Open Sports Management) and the re-writing of the design rules Rules #irc #ims with the addition of some (...)
-
Figaro-Bénéteau
Henry Bomby is delighted to announce that he will once again be participating in La Solitaire du Figaro Solitaire du Figaro #LaSolitaire for the third time after securing enough funding. The top Devon sailor will be one of 8 Brits taking part, all have passed through the Artemis Offshore Academy. Henry will also, for the first time, be (...)