Jean Le Cam on Yes we Cam! has taken the lead of the the Vendee Globe at this mornings 07:00 hrs ranking. Alex Thomson is now in second place
Offshore
Thomson gybes Hugo Boss in 40kts of wind and 5 metre seas
Alex Thomson took HUGO BOSS as close to the centre of storm Theta as he considered prudent, before a difficult gybe in around 40kts of wind and 5 metre seas
Vendee Globe – Day 6 – Thomson leads ahead of Storm Theta
Profitable night south of the Azores for Alex Thomson as the British skipper opened 30+ nm lead on the chasing Vendee Globe pack
Spirit Yachts deliver their first fully Electric Yacht
Spirit Yachts has successfully delivered its first fully electric yacht, Avvento, to her Canadian owner. She is also the first yacht in the UK to be launched with solar panels integrated into the main sail and deck
Vendee Globe – Day 5 – Thomson joins the leaders
The daggerboard boats have regained the nominal leadership of the Vendee Globe this morning led by the wily Jean Le Cam along with Les Sables d’Olonne’s Benjamin Dutreux
Vendee Globe – Beyou on Charal forced to return to d’Olonne
Early Wednesday morning, Jérémie Beyou on Charal turned back towards the Vendee Globe start port of Les Sables d’Olonne with a damaged backstary
Vendee Globe – It’s not going shopping, it’s a lot more than that . . .
In this special edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club Time Over Distance video series Louay Habib is talking to Thomson just days before he started the |2020 Vendee Globe
Vendee Globe – Day 4 – No respite in the night!
The Vendee Globe skippers who chose the western option overnight had to face harsh conditions with gusts of over 40 knots
Vendee Globe – Day 3 Cape Finisterre
It has been a relatively slow and complicated night at the front of the Vendée Globe fleet negotiating a tricky corner at Cape Finisterre.
Vendee Globe – Who to Watch
Matt Sheahan takes a look at some of the hot shots and who can take the physical punishment of the Vendee Globe Race, solo non-stop race around the world
Vendee Globe finally gets away . . .
A sea mist shrouding the start zone off Les Sables d’Olonne held up the start of the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe, the solo non-stop round the world race, for nearly one hour and 20 minutes
Vendee Globe start from Les Sables d’Olonne
The Vendée Globe solo non-stop race around the world will start from Les Sables d’Olonne on the French Atlantic coast on Sunday 8 November at 12:02hrs UK time.
