Charles Darbyshire is steeped in solo ocean racing, having run the Artemis Offshore Academy in the UK between 2009 and 2016, a programme that helped in the careers of young solo racers like Sam Goodchild, Jack Bouttell, …
•••After Thomas Ruyant suffered water ingress into his bow compartment and had to stop LinkedOut yesterday night (French time, Thursday morning local time) Yannick Bestaven now has a clear lead on Maître CoQ IV as the leade…
•••Back on course after a scare which required him to stop his LinkedOut last night Thomas Ru…
•••The International Jury of the 2020 Vendée Globe have published their decisions for time co…
•••If everything had gone according to plan and his dreams had come true, Jack Bouttell would…
•••Leader of the Vendée Globe since 23rd November, Charlie Dalin has this evening reported da…
•••Dalin Leads Across Cape Leeuwin then hits 24kts, Three leaders pass within 3 hours and 20 …
•••With a number of problems which have been capped by the failure of his back up computer ye…
•••Late Thursday Manuel Cousin noticed a major crack at the top of his port rudder. He immedi…
•••The French freediver, Arnaud Jerald set the world bi-fin record (constant weight) on 15th …
•••Charlie Dalin is sailing a smart, controlled and measured race on the Guillaume Verdier-de…
•••CLIMATE DAY: Apart from racing single-handed around the world, more than a third of the sk…
•••One month ago today, Sunday November 8th, 33 solo racers, 27 men and 6 women, took the sta…
•••I kept an eye on it this morning to check if it would be light enough wind for my J2 repai…
•••One of the outstanding performances of this Vendée Globe so far has been by Louis Burton o…
•••Last night I finally managed to really sleep since my accident. That is a good thing. The …
•••The team at ARKEA PAPREC and French skipper Sébastien Simon have confirmed he has abandone…
•••At 0820hrs UTC this morning, ARKEA PAPREC hit an unidentified floating object. The collisi…
•••Among those watching the drama unfold in the Southern Ocean, as Jean Le Cam rescued Kevin…
•••At 0118hrs UTC the PRB Team was informed that their Vendée Globe race skipper Kevin Escoff…
•••Kevin Escoffier, 40, who is racing in third place in the Vendée Globe solo non-stop around…
•••Our Vendée Globe heroes perfectly understand the wind, waves, sea currents and climates of…
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