The Faces of the Vendée Globe
These 20 sailors will set off on Nov. 10 to sail around the world alone in the grueling Vendée Globe.
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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.
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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