Vendée Globe: Vincent Riou Forced to Retire
After sustaining damage to his keel, Vincent Riou, skipper of PRB and top contender for the 2016 race has been forced to drop out.
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After sustaining damage to his keel, Vincent Riou, skipper of PRB and top contender for the 2016 race has been forced to drop out.
The leaders are pulling away from the fleet as a group, averaging more than 20 knots, but within the pack, the battle for the top continues.
While the leaders sail in the trade winds, the second part of the fleet still has to fight with the squalls and the light winds in the doldrums.
Alex Thomson leads the Vendée Globe fleet into the southern hemisphere, while other skippers deal with technical problems aboard.
With the light air of the doldrums rapidly approaching, the fate of the foilers, who have led the fleet so far, is at stake.
The foilers are at home in the trades and racking up the miles as they head south, but two skippers on traditional IMOCAs are in hot pursuit.
3 days into the Vendée Globe, skippers are speeding south towards the Tropic of Cancer. Here’s the latest update on the fleet and what’s to come.
Jean-Pierre Dick and Alex Thomson battle for the lead, while the light weather off southern Portugal gives the traditional boats a chance to strike.
Almost half the skippers taking on the 2016 Vendée Globe are newcomers to the race. The rookies share their thoughts and goals for the race.
The skippers are better prepared than ever, but the new generation foil borne IMOCA 60s will require more physical and mental endurance than ever before.
The IMOCA 60, the boat that will take singlehanded sailors around the world in the 2016 Vendee Globe, wasn’t always the fierce foiler of today.
It was an all foiler podium at the first race of the Azimut Challenge in Lorient, with the new generation of IMOCA 60s proving their grit on the course.
After sustaining damage to his keel, Vincent Riou, skipper of PRB and top contender for the 2016 race has been forced to drop out.
The leaders are pulling away from the fleet as a group, averaging more than 20 knots, but within the pack, the battle for the top continues.
While the leaders sail in the trade winds, the second part of the fleet still has to fight with the squalls and the light winds in the doldrums.
Alex Thomson leads the Vendée Globe fleet into the southern hemisphere, while other skippers deal with technical problems aboard.
With the light air of the doldrums rapidly approaching, the fate of the foilers, who have led the fleet so far, is at stake.
The foilers are at home in the trades and racking up the miles as they head south, but two skippers on traditional IMOCAs are in hot pursuit.
3 days into the Vendée Globe, skippers are speeding south towards the Tropic of Cancer. Here’s the latest update on the fleet and what’s to come.
Jean-Pierre Dick and Alex Thomson battle for the lead, while the light weather off southern Portugal gives the traditional boats a chance to strike.
Almost half the skippers taking on the 2016 Vendée Globe are newcomers to the race. The rookies share their thoughts and goals for the race.
The skippers are better prepared than ever, but the new generation foil borne IMOCA 60s will require more physical and mental endurance than ever before.
The IMOCA 60, the boat that will take singlehanded sailors around the world in the 2016 Vendee Globe, wasn’t always the fierce foiler of today.
It was an all foiler podium at the first race of the Azimut Challenge in Lorient, with the new generation of IMOCA 60s proving their grit on the course.
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