Mar 11, 2017 - 4:38 PM Vendée Globe: Sébastien Destremau looks back at 124 days of being alone It was obvious for anyone following this race that for Sébastien Destremau, the solo round the world voyage was anything but easy sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Mar 11, 2017 - 7:32 AM Vendée Globe: Sébastien Destremau takes 18th place to bring the race to a close Sébastien Destremau (TechnoFirst–faceOcean) crossed the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne in eighteenth place at 00hrs 40min et 18 sec UTC on saturday 11th March 2017 after 124 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes and 18 seconds of racing since the start on 6th November sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Mar 10, 2017 - 12:40 PM Sébastien Destremau is less than fifty miles from the finish in Les Sables d'Olonne Sébastien Destremau to cross the line this evening and to enter the harbour tomorrow afternoon, but he is not expected to finish before 1800hrs UTC sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Mar 03, 2017 - 6:46 AM Dutch sailor Pieter Heerema takes seventeenth place Pieter Heerema brought his No Way Back across the finish line of the Vendée Globe at 2126hrs UTC this evening (Thursday 2nd March) to finish in seventeenth place sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Mar 02, 2017 - 7:23 PM Pieter Heerema expected to cross the finish between 2000hrs and 2200hrs UTC The first Dutchman to compete in the Vendée Globe is about to succeed in the challenge of completing the non-stop solo round the world race aboard a new generation IMOCA Solo sailor Imoca 60 sailing Yacht Racing
Mar 01, 2017 - 6:16 PM Vendée Globe: Pieter Heerema due in Les Sables tomorrow evening In the 1400hrs UTC ranking this afternoon, the Dutch skipper, Pieter Heerema only had 280 miles left to sail before crossing the finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 25, 2017 - 9:57 AM Vendée Globe: Conrad Colman shares his thoughts after an incredible performance After finishing 16th in the Vendee Globe Conrad Colman was greeted by a hero's welcome into Les Sables d'Olone sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 24, 2017 - 4:56 PM Vendée Globe: New Zealand's Conrad Colman finishes Vendée Globe under jury rig for 16th New Zealander Conrad Colman wrote a new chapter in the storied history of the Vendée Globe Solo sailor Imoca 60 sailing Yacht Racing
Feb 24, 2017 - 3:16 PM Vendée Globe: Romain Attanasio takes fifteenth place French skipper Romain Attanasio, sailing Famille Mary-Etamine du Lys, took 15th place in the Vendée Globe non stop solo race around the world this morning sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 23, 2017 - 10:51 AM Spanish soloist Didac Costa, the cream of Catalonia, takes 14th in the Vendée Globe Spanish solo ocean racer Didac Costa crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe non stop solo round the world race at 07:52hrs UTC this Thursday morning sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 22, 2017 - 6:47 PM Vendée Globe: Costa to cross Thursday morning for 14th In the 24 hours to 14:00hrs this Wednesday afternoon Colman had made just 61.4 nautical miles, a crawling average of 2.4kts as he fights northwards in the SW of the Bay of Biscay Solo sailor Imoca 60 sailing Yacht Racing
Feb 21, 2017 - 4:05 PM Vendée Globe: Rich Wilson takes thirteenth place American skipper Rich Wilson crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe solo round the world race off Les Sables d'Olonne on the west coast of France sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 20, 2017 - 3:59 PM Conrad Colman speaks about his dismasting and battle to finish the Vendée Globe Conrad Colman is fighting an incredible battle to finish the Vendée Globe after the mast of his Foresight Natural Energy crashed down on the night of Friday 10th February sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 20, 2017 - 12:20 PM Vendée Globe: Alan Roura takes twelfth place The 23 year old Swiss sailor, Alan Roura, crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe this Monday morning at 08:12hrs UTC to take 12th place Solo sailor Imoca 60 sailing Yacht Racing
Feb 19, 2017 - 5:00 PM Vendée Globe: Roura to Finish Monday Morning Swiss skipper Alan Roura is expected to cross the finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne Monday morning between 0800hrs and midday UTC in 12th position sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 18, 2017 - 6:13 PM Vendée Globe: Amedeo writes his own story, 11th Place Fabrice Amedeo 11th place in the Vendée Globe has crossed the finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne at 09 hrs 03 m UTC this morning Saturday 18th February sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 17, 2017 - 12:45 PM Vendée Globe: Arnaud Boissières takes tenth place After a slow final night at sea in very light airs, Arnaud Boissières crossed the Vendée Globe finish line at 0826hrs UTC this Friday morning to take 10th place Solo sailor Imoca 60 sailing Yacht Racing
Feb 16, 2017 - 4:40 PM Vendée Globe, day 103: It ain't over 'til it's over Vigilance is required all the way to the finish line of the Vendée Globe, Solo skippers often talk of the last miles being the most difficult and the most stressful sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 15, 2017 - 4:35 PM Vendée Globe, day 102: Colman's slow but sure, Boissières due Friday Conrad Colman has been making modest but positive progress since he managed to set sail under his jury rig very early this Wednesday morning sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 14, 2017 - 5:11 PM Vendée Globe, day 101: Les Sables d'Olonne prepares to welcome homecoming hero The solo skipper of La Mie Câline will equal the record of Armel Le Cléac'h as the only two skippers to have finished three back to back Vendée Globe races Solo sailor Imoca 60 sailing Yacht Racing
Feb 14, 2017 - 6:18 AM Vendée Globe: Bellion, one man and his boat, first words Huge crowds braved the Monday evening rain and wind to show their appreciation for Eric Bellion's Vendée Globe sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 13, 2017 - 6:26 PM Vendée Globe, Eric Bellion 9th is the first rookie Bellion took 99 days 4 hrs 56 mins for his actual 28,048 miles route, averaging 11.78 kts. He is the first ‘rookie' solo skipper, someone who had never before started the Vendée Globe. sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 11, 2017 - 5:16 PM Vendée Globe: Brutal! Colman vows to fight on, Bellion mast track damage The Vendée Globe, dealt a brutal blow to New Zealand solo skipper Conrad Colman when his Foresight Natural Energy was dismasted last night sailing Yacht Racing
Feb 11, 2017 - 8:24 AM Vendée Globe newesflash: Dismast of Foresight Natural Energy At 2300 French time this Friday the 10th February, Conrad Colman called his team to inform them that Imoca Foresight Natural Energy dismasted sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 09, 2017 - 5:03 PM Vendée Globe, day 96: A fierce final Friday for Bellion and Colman Eric Bellion, who stands to finish as the first rookie in this eighth edition of the Vendée Globe faces one fierce final Friday, as he fights with the big sailing Yacht Racing
Feb 08, 2017 - 5:00 PM Vendée Globe: a spirited swansong, Hungary's Nandor Fa Hungarian solo skipper Nandor Fa brought his Spirit of Hungary across the finish line of the Vendée Globe this morning to earn an excellent eighth place overall sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 07, 2017 - 5:50 PM Vendée Globe, Day 94: Joining the dots, Les Sables d'Olonne to Les Sables d'Olonne The final night of Nandor Fa's Vendée Globe will be one to savour for the Hungarian skipper as he closes out his eighth place Solo sailor Imoca 60 sailing Yacht Racing
Feb 06, 2017 - 5:09 PM Vendée Globe, Day 93: The pull of home For the seven Vendée Globe skippers racing now in the Northern Hemisphere, the draw of home, of being across the finish line back on solid, dry land, grows stronger with every mile sailed sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 04, 2017 - 5:02 PM Vendée Globe: A Sting in the Tail Nandor Fa has been enduring some of the toughest conditions of his Vendée Globe just 1300 miles and some four days before the finish line sailing Yacht Racing Solo sailor Imoca 60
Feb 03, 2017 - 4:25 PM Vendée Globe, day 90: dark side of the mood The Hungarian solo skipper Nandor Fa sails into the final weekend of his Vendée Globe with his mood lifted after what he admits have been some of the darkest days sailing Yacht Racing