Vendée Globe?
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Are you going here: Official website of the Vendée Globe - Vendée Globe - En. ?
If you click on "the race" in the menu bar, it gives you access to the videos, tracking, stats, and the skippers and boats.
The French version gives a bit more information, with exchanges with more outside experts and competitors from earlier races than the English one.
If you click on "the race" in the menu bar, it gives you access to the videos, tracking, stats, and the skippers and boats.
The French version gives a bit more information, with exchanges with more outside experts and competitors from earlier races than the English one.
I’m beginning to wonder how much help foils are for long distance non-crewed races. Seven of the first fifteen boats are non foiling.
The foils have been a bane to a number of boats. There is the out breakage. The damage to the housing. The inability to sail on both gybes. Having to slow the boat to decrease possible damage. Their benefit in this type of race is open to question.
I must admit I really wanted Alex Thomas to win but since he has been out; Boris Herman has fast become my favorite. I hope he wins as I believe he would be the first German to win the race and he is so much fun to watch. My son and I watch the updates almost every evening together (he is 11
). Amazing that it is so close after so many miles.
). Amazing that it is so close after so many miles.
So having just looked at the tracking I was wondering why Dalin doesn't just point the bow at Les Sables. The wind seems to be favorable for some beam reaching in 12 kts. The Northern boat is basically at the latitude of the finish. I can't see going more North and I don't see that there will be significantly more wind.
The Live feed yesterday morning, they were talking the various strategies. I believe they were saying Dalin was sticking close to the coast to take advantage of some wind affect from shoreline?? Didn't quite catch everything they were saying.
Looks like it will come down to minutes at the line as Boris has his 6 hour redress from the rescue.
Looks like it will come down to minutes at the line as Boris has his 6 hour redress from the rescue.
SERIOUSLY??????? F@#k, f@#k, f@$k. Unfriggingbelievable. I was so rooting for him and a dipsh!t fishing boat takes him out???
At 1950hrs UTC this evening while racing in third place, some 90 miles from the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne German skipper Boris Herrmann (Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) was in collision with a fishing boat. He reports damage to his starboard foil and some other damage but he is unharmed and has secured the boat and is proceeding towards the finish line at reduced speed.
At 1950hrs UTC this evening while racing in third place, some 90 miles from the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne German skipper Boris Herrmann (Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) was in collision with a fishing boat. He reports damage to his starboard foil and some other damage but he is unharmed and has secured the boat and is proceeding towards the finish line at reduced speed.