Vendee leader Charlie Dalin, skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance, crossed the equator back into the Northern Hemisphere this Sunday afternoon at 14:38hrs UTC
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Vendee Globe – Tough last hours for Sam Goodchild as Dalin and Richomme prepare for long tack home
The last few days of light winds have been frustrating for the two Vendée Globe leaders on the final stage back to Les Sables d’Olonne – See ETA

Vendee Globe Race – Sam Davies turns the corner and heads for home
Three more Vendee Globe sailors passed Cape Horn over Wednesday night, including Britain’s Sam Davies (Initiatives-Cœur)

Vendee Globe Race – Leaders breakfree from Cape Frio cold front off Rio
The two leaders of Vendée Globe, Charlie Dalin and Yoann Richomme, may finally have extricated themselves from cold front off Cabo Frio by Rio

Charlie Dalin regaines lead of the Vendee Globe Race
Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) has regained the lead of the Vendee Globe Race

Vendée Globe leaders are back together again . . . Goodchild gains with inside routing
400 or so miles to the southeast of Rio de Janeiro the Vendee Globe leaders are back together again. Sam Goodchild gains with corner cutting route

Vendee Globe – Four more pass Cape Horn . . . Yannick Bestaven suffers steering system failure
Since Thomas Ruyant passed Cape Horn in fourth place Friday night four more Vendee Globe skippers have passed the third Cape

Vendée Globe leaders break free of high pressure ridge to speed northwards
The top two Vendee Globe skippers are breaking free of the zone of lighter winds, a high pressure ridge, which has been blocking their way northwards