Any ocean-racing sailor knows that the pinnacle of solo ocean-racing (and in my view the pinnacle of ALL ocean racing) is the Vendee Globe: solo, non-stop, around the world. It is arguably the most ...

Gone is the idea of skippers disappearing over the horizon and then finishing hundreds, if not thousands, of miles apart, having surfed entirely separate weather systems in the Southern Ocean. From ...

Thanks to his consistency, Sam Goodchild, the British skipper now racing for MACIF Santé Prévoyance - 9th in the 2024 Vendée ...

On November 12, 2028, from Les Sables d'Olonne (France), a new generation of sailors will set out to take on the most extreme ...

Organisers outline qualification, sustainability measures and new challenges for the 2028 Vendée Globe round-the-world race.

French sailor Charlie Dalin made up for the disappointment of four years ago as he set a record on his way to winning the round-the-world Vendee Globe race. The 40-year-old covered the 24,300-mile (39 ...

LES SABLES D'OLONNE, France — French sailor Charlie Dalin has won the around-the-world race Vendee Globe in record time. He completed his solo journey in less than 65 days — nearly 10 days faster than ...

Pip Hare's Vendee Globe bid ends after dismasting Hare sets up emergency rig, sails to safety Other sailors face challenges, Dalin leads race Dec 16 - A shattered mast has dashed British sailor Pip ...

Dec 16 - The shattered mast of British sailor PipHare has ended his bid to complete a second Vendee Globe, a 24,000-mile race. The 50-year old woman dismasted the 60ft boat Medallia, about 800 ...

It was a time for seafaring memories as 126 Cape Horners met up in Portsmouth to applaud the latest in a Who's Who list of ...