Vendee Globe – Tough week ahead for British skipper Pip Hare

With 1,300 miles to sail to Cape Horn this next week will be the toughest of British skipper from Poole in England Pip Hare’s Vendée Globe

Vendee Globe – Rush Hour at Cape Horn

In two days, eleven Vendee Globe Race IMOCAs have rounded Cape Horn

Vendee Globe – Isabelle Joschke’s MACSF keel hydraulics damaged

Here are the Vendee Globe race leader times at Cape Horn . . .

Vendee Globe – Charlie Dalin second round Cape Horn

Charlie Dalin, skipper of Apivia, rounded Cape Horn some 14 hours and 56 minutes after Vendee race leader Yannick Bestaven on Maître Coq IV

Vendee Globe leader Yannick Bestaven rounds Cape Horn

Yannick Bestaven, skipper of Maître CoQ IV, the leader of the Vendée Globe passed Cape Horn this Saturday 2 January at 13:42hrs UTC

Vendee leader expected to round Cape Horn this afternoon

Vendee Globe race leader Yannick Bestaven should pass Cape Horn this Saturday afternoon (2 Jan) with Charlie Dalin is expected to round about 10-12 hours later

Vendee Globe leaders celebrate New Year with 400+nm run

On the first day of 2021, the numbers tell the story for Vendee Globe leaders Yannick Bestaven and Charlie Dalin, with 24 hour runs of 452 and 417 nautical miles respectively

Vendee Globe leaders face a hammering at Cape Horn

Still leading the Vendee Globe fleet, Yannick Bestaven has put on the turbo in the last few hours – 21+ knots – in preparation for his passage of Cape Horn expected this weekend

Vendee Globe leaders race towards Cape Horn

Current Vendee Globe race leader, Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ IV) should turn left out of the Pacific after 55 days

Vendee Globe Race Direction move the ice barrier

As Cape Horn beckons this weekend, the Vendee Race Direction has opened the race area more by moving the ice barrier south in this area as there will be significant race traffic

Vendee Globe leaders gather pace towards Cape Horn

Vendee Globe race leader Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ IV) leads by 90+ nm from Charlie Dalin (Apivia) with Thomas Ruyant (LinkedOut) now featuring back with hte leaders in third place

Vendee Globe – Boxing day update

Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq) is back in the lead of the Vendee Globe but only by a small handful of miles over Charlie Dalin (APIVIA).