Vendée Globe: getting through the Southern Ocean in one piece
With the bulk of the Vendée Globe fleet now stretched across 4,500 miles of ocean around Antarctica, so skippers are experiencing a wide variety of different conditions
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Vendée Globe: Charlie Dalin has passed the halfway mark
This Friday morning at 11am (French time), the Vendée Globe leader passed the 50% mark in the Vendée Globe.
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Vendée Globe: Dalin into the Pacific
Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) led the Vendée Globe fleet into the Pacific Ocean last night (UTC) when he crossed out of the Indian Ocean across the line of longitude under Tasmania at 23:45:25hrs UTC.
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Vendée Globe: wild in the west as leader Dalin prepares for peaceful exit to Pacific
While Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance), the race leader, is due to pass into the Pacific this evening or tonight, and also cross the theoretical half way point of the 23,890 nautical miles course for the Vendée Globe 10th edition, way far to his west – nearer the Kerguelen Islands – skippers in the second half of the 38 boat fleet are struggling with robust conditions generated by a tough low pressure system.
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Vendée Globe: Pacific beckons tomorrow for Dalin
Ten skippers have now passed Cape Leeuwin, the most recent being Paul Meilhat (Biotherm) at 2213hrs UTC the winner of the 2020-21 Vendée Globe Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ V) 2322hrs UTC last night
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