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 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.

Vendée Globe will start Sunday at 13:02hrs French time

The ninth edition of 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

America’s Cup challengers getting in the hard miles

Latest video from New Zealand of the three America’s Cup challengers out sailing on the AC36 race courses off Auckland on Friday

New generation IMOCAs to deliver Vendée Globe record time

The latest generation IMOCAs are expected to deliver a new Vendee Globe record time. The 9th Vendee Globe will leave Les Sables d’Olonne in France on Sunday 8 November 2020

Alex Thomson is where he wants to be, ready to do battle

Alex Thomson and his team are in the final stages of preperation of Hugo Boss for the Start of the Vendee Globe on Sunday 8 November at 12:02 GMT

Rolex Sydney Hobart to go ahead

The 2020 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is to go ahead after a lengthy period of consultation with state governments, health authorities and other key stakeholders