Drama, Danger, and French Passion
Two skippers are forced to abandon their dreams of winning the Vendée Globe less than 48 hours after the start. Bruce Gain reflects on the drama of the race and the emotional cord it strikes with the French public.
Two skippers are forced to abandon their dreams of winning the Vendée Globe less than 48 hours after the start. Bruce Gain reflects on the drama of the race and the emotional cord it strikes with the French public.
Nineteen 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 Click here to meet the skippers.
[Click here to read more about the race.](http://www.sailingworld.
Bruce Gain checks in with the Vendée Globe skippers to see how they’re sizing up their competition for the solo, around-the-world race.
The “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.
These 20 sailors will set off on Nov. 10 to sail around the world alone in the grueling Vendée Globe.
Bruce Gain goes for a spin on Marc Guillemot’s IMOCA-class _Safran _and gets the scoop on Guillemot’s hopes for the Vendée Globe, which starts this November.
New regulations were supposed to make the Open 60 monohulls safer and faster. But not everyone agrees that this has happened.
The radical Open 60 class, the heart of the Vendée Globe and other shorthanded ocean races is facing an unsure future. Some see a move toward a one-design as the answer.
Read the amazing survival stories of Tony Bullimore and Thierry Dubois from the 1996 Vendée Globe Race. From our April 1997 issue.
Has the fabled solo race lost its adventurer spirit? Veterans Luc Van Den Heede and Arnaud Boissières discuss how times have changed.
Two skippers are forced to abandon their dreams of winning the Vendée Globe less than 48 hours after the start. Bruce Gain reflects on the drama of the race and the emotional cord it strikes with the French public.
Nineteen 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 Click here to meet the skippers.
[Click here to read more about the race.](http://www.sailingworld.
Bruce Gain checks in with the Vendée Globe skippers to see how they’re sizing up their competition for the solo, around-the-world race.
The “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.
These 20 sailors will set off on Nov. 10 to sail around the world alone in the grueling Vendée Globe.
Bruce Gain goes for a spin on Marc Guillemot’s IMOCA-class _Safran _and gets the scoop on Guillemot’s hopes for the Vendée Globe, which starts this November.
New regulations were supposed to make the Open 60 monohulls safer and faster. But not everyone agrees that this has happened.
The radical Open 60 class, the heart of the Vendée Globe and other shorthanded ocean races is facing an unsure future. Some see a move toward a one-design as the answer.
Read the amazing survival stories of Tony Bullimore and Thierry Dubois from the 1996 Vendée Globe Race. From our April 1997 issue.
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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