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June 1, 2011Who Can Afford the Vendée Globe?Has the fabled solo race lost its adventurer spirit? Veterans Luc Van Den Heede and Arnaud Boissières discuss how times have changed.
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April 11, 2012At What Price Safety?New regulations were supposed to make the Open 60 monohulls safer and faster. But not everyone agrees that this has happened.
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January 30, 2013Third Time's a CharmAfter two failed attempts at the Vendée Globe, the Brit Alex Thomson takes third place in the solo nonstop 'round-the-world race. He's the third ever British skipper to finish on the podium, and set a new non-stop 'round the world record for a solo British sailor.
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February 10, 2012Capsizes and RescuesRead the amazing survival stories of Tony Bullimore and Thierry Dubois from the 1996 Vendée Globe Race. From our April 1997 issue.
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January 28, 2013The Golden Boy Comes HomeGabart becomes the youngest and fastest sailor to circumvent the world alone in the Vendée Globe.
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January 27, 2013Francois GabartAt 29, Francois Gabart becomes the youngest ever to win the Vendee Globe.
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January 18, 2013The Golden Boy of the Vendée GlobeFrancois Gabart on Macif discusses the highs and lows of his epic Vendée Globe journey as he fights to keep his lead ahead of Armel Le Cléac’h on Banque Populaire.
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November 19, 2012From the Archives: The Ultimate ExperimentWhat the sailing world can assimilate from the sport's greatest laboratory, the Vendée Globe, is revealed in the successes and shortcomings of a diverse fleet. From our July 1993 issue.
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November 12, 2012Vendee Globe Start 2012Nineteen of the 20 skippers sailing the Vendée Globe solo race around the world started the 24,048-mile, three-month circumnavigation off Les Sables d’Olonne, France, on Nov. 10. Bertrand de Broc returned to port before the start to make a repair to a small puncture in his hull. Photos: Jean Marie Liot/DPPI/Vendee Globe
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November 7, 2012Vendée Globe Preview 2012The “Everest of the Seas” kicks off on Nov. 10 from Les Sables d’Olonne, France. Here’s what you need to know about this grueling ocean race.
