Armel Tripon: "I did a chase"
"As long as you haven't done it, it's still very theoretical the Vendée Globe but when you're in it you really realize how strong it is."
A tough finish for Armel Tripon who was forced to slow down last Friday off the Spanish coast to let a violent winter depression pass by. In pouring rain, 30 knots of wind and with waves over 5 metres, @armeltriponskipper crossed the finish line in the dark, in the early hours on Monday morning. It was about time: the skipper of L'Occitane en Provence was almost out of food.
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Louis Burton is forced to abandon the Vendée Globe
Around 1 p.m. (French time) on Wednesday, December 4, Louis Burton informed the Vendée Globe race management and his technical team that he was facing a serious failure of a mechanical rigging component on his IMOCA.
•••Dorange and Le Turquais – the thrill of daggerboard racing in the Vendée Globe
In recent days the focus in the Vendée Globe has been on the latest foilers, as the leading boats take on heavy weather in the Southern Indian Ocean. But further west, the daggerboard skippers in older boats are enjoying…
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