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At 2:18 am French time, the PRB team was informed of the rescue of Kevin Escoffier by Jean Le Cam. At the HQ since the beginning of the evening, the President of PRB, Jean-Jacques Laurent, assisted minute after ...

After more than twenty days of sailing, the pecking order is becoming clearer with the leader Charlie Dalin expected to pass the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope on Monday. The South Atlantic has not been very kind for more than ten days, but the weather pattern concerning the St. Helena high is now allowing the two groups of chasers not to lose any more ground. The first Southern low-pressure system is meanwhile developing off Cape Town…

The Cape of Good Hope is coming ...

With Jérémie Beyou ( Charal ) crossing the equator , the entire racing fleet now stretches out into the South Atlantic. And if Charlie Dalin ( Apivia ) has conquered a quarter of the road and is on the way to free himself from the pangs of this ocean to negotiate with the harshness of another, the Indian, from tomorrow, the rest of the fleet will also have lived the road which separates South America from South Africa with the awareness of change.

Since Jérémie Beyou, guest of the Vendée Live this afternoon, crossed the imaginary border from the equator to his Charal , 32 of the 33 IMOCAs entered in this Vendée Globe have reached the southern hemisphere. The only thing missing is CORUM L'Epargne , which was stopped in Cape Verde by dismasting.

The southern hemisphere ...

The Gitana Team interrupts its Jules Verne Trophy attempt
After three days at sea on their first round the world record attempt, Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier, in agreement with Cyril Dardashti, the director of the five-arrow racing stable, have this evening taken the decision to interrupt their record bid and return to their port of registry. ...

Sodebo Ultim 3, which has covered 755 miles in 24 hours, averaging 31.5 knots, is sailing at the latitude of the Canaries this morning, with a 124-mile lead on the table of Idec Sport, holder of the Jules Trophy. Verne. After the first 48 hours ...

At the same time as Alex Thomson euphorically announced this morning that ‘the Boss is Back’ after the British skipper completed four days and nights of structural repairs to the inside of the bow of HUGO BOSS, his French rival, second placed Thomas Ruyant and his team are deciding what to do about the damaged port foil on his LinkedOut. Despite their respective challenges to win the Vendée Globe being compromised for the moment, both skippers remain highly motivated





The danger in leaving the compromised foil as it is is that it may break off and cause collateral damage to the hull of his IMCOA or indeed the outrigger support ...

Thomas Coville's Sodebo Franck Cammas's Gitana teams departed yesterday in a duel
match race around the world in quest of a new Jules Verne Trophy Record. Both teams
are devouring the miles with the current edge going to Gitana which of this writing is at 494 miles under her pontoons
with a 63nm advance of the Idec Sport Reference while Sodebo has 46nm ...

While lying in second place in the South Atlantic, some 72 nautical miles behind leader Charlie Dalin (Apivia), Thomas Ruyant last night sustained damage to the port foil of his IMOCA LinkedOut. ...

The Maxi Edmond de Rothschild sets sail on the Jules Verne Trophy


Lorient, wednesday, November 25, 2020 - Leaving Lorient shortly after 21:30 hours local time on Tuesday 24 November, the men of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild launched onto an express delivery trip up to Ushant and the start line for their first Jules Verne Trophy attempt. Four hours later, the latest addition to the Gitana fleet was awaiting a front to roll through to set sail on the theoretical 21,760 nautical miles that make up this long, ...