Preparing Mentally for the Vendée Globe
Physical fitness and sailing technique aren’t the only important preparation that the skippers undergo, mental preparation is a huge key to success.
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Physical fitness and sailing technique aren’t the only important preparation that the skippers undergo, mental preparation is a huge key to success.
It doesn’t matter what skipper you talk to, they will all tell you that without a team all these solo sailors would have to stay ashore.
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.
Before the fleet can cross the starting line to tackle the Everest of sailing, each boat must pass a safety check.
Packing for 90 days at sea is a fine balance between bringing the right food and bringing enough to keep the skippers in top form.
Once they have reached the Southern Ocean, the solo sailors of the Vendee Globe have to dodge icebergs and deal with low-pressure systems for a month or more.
Each solo sailor is allowed to carry 9 sails around the world. Here’s what they’ll take and how they decide on what to carry in their quiver.
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.
In his meticulous preparation for the Vendée Globe, France’s Armel Le Cléac’h proves he is in the hunt.
When skippers of the world’s fastest boats embark on the Vendee Globe, a high-performance autopilot keeps them on course.
Sail inventory choices for the Vendee Globe sailors and their boats are a game of give-and-take.
Physical fitness and sailing technique aren’t the only important preparation that the skippers undergo, mental preparation is a huge key to success.
It doesn’t matter what skipper you talk to, they will all tell you that without a team all these solo sailors would have to stay ashore.
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.
Before the fleet can cross the starting line to tackle the Everest of sailing, each boat must pass a safety check.
Packing for 90 days at sea is a fine balance between bringing the right food and bringing enough to keep the skippers in top form.
Once they have reached the Southern Ocean, the solo sailors of the Vendee Globe have to dodge icebergs and deal with low-pressure systems for a month or more.
Each solo sailor is allowed to carry 9 sails around the world. Here’s what they’ll take and how they decide on what to carry in their quiver.
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.
In his meticulous preparation for the Vendée Globe, France’s Armel Le Cléac’h proves he is in the hunt.
When skippers of the world’s fastest boats embark on the Vendee Globe, a high-performance autopilot keeps them on course.
Sail inventory choices for the Vendee Globe sailors and their boats are a game of give-and-take.
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