The Vendée Globe Seen through the eyes of... #4
12/7/20
Race
The fourth week of the race through the eyes of Kevin Escoffier and Jean Le Cam. Back to the shipwreck, the rescue and the transferred from Jean Le Cam's IMOCA to the Nivôse, a French Navy frigate.
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05.04Oliver Heer : "It's really time to go sailing!"…Do you know Oliver Heer? This Swiss sailor, with a broad smile, boasts significant experience in offshore racing as the former boat captain of Alex Thomson. Since then, he has become the skipper of his own IMOCA and is registered for the upcoming Vendée Globe.…12.12The arrival of the 16th, 17th and 18th of Retour à La Base…Arnaud Boissières (La Mie Câline), Thomas Ruyant (For People) and Kojiro Shiraishi (DMG MORI GLOBAL ONE) reached La Base de Lorient in the early hours of this morning. Here are their reactions on arrival.…12.12Seb Simon dismasted on Groupe Dubreuil…At 7:40 this morning (local time), the Groupe Dubreuil IMOCA dismasted southwest of the island of Groix, at about 10 miles from the Retour à La Base finish line. Skipper Sébastien Simon is doing well and has not requested assistance.…10.12Sam Goodchild is the new IMOCA Globe Series Champion after a remarkably consistent 2023 season…After finishing third in the Retour à la Base – his fifth consecutive third place finish of a remarkable debut season – the British yachtsman Sam Goodchild was confirmed today as IMOCA Globe Series Champion for 2023.…10.12British skipper Sam Goodchild takes third and wins 2023 IMOCA Globe Series title.…British skipper Sam Goodchild (FOR THE PLANET) maintained his remarkably consistent form when he completed his first ever solo IMOCA race, the 3,500 nautical miles inaugural Retour à La Base from Martinique to Lorient in third place.…28.11Solo racing returns in the IMOCA Class with the Retour à la Base…So here we go, the beginning of the final build-up to next year’s Vendée Globe as single-handed racing returns to the IMOCA Class, with the first ever solo Retour à la Base from Martinique in the French Caribbean to Lorient.…
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IMOCA becomes the first class in sailing to impose an impact reduction rule on boat construction
An impact reduction rule limiting harmful emissions in boat construction has been the major goal of the sustainability work that IMOCA has been conducting over the last four years and now it is being implemented.
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