French skipper Maxime Sorel took fifth place in the IMOCA class on the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe when he crossed the finish line on his new V and B-Monbana-Mayenne at 22:14:42hrs UTC. 18:14:42 local time.…
•••You only have to look at Maxime Sorel’s impressive Class 40 career to know that this 35-year Frenchman is a highly competitive sailor who is more than capable of reaching the podium in major IMOCA races.
•••The question of how Vendée Globe sailors deal with boredom is almost ignored these days as…
•••This Saturday 30th January, at 03 hours, 50 minutes, 15 seconds (UTC), Maxime Sorel crosse…
•••"My mission was to show that nothing was impossible. For me, my partners, my team, for the…
•••UPDATE 27.01.21 at 12:00 - Estimates of arrival times tonight and tonight at the port of L…
•••11.11.20 - 0230pm - After a big night in fierce headwinds and rough seas off the northwest…
•••First storm of this round-the-world trip and the day dawns on a slightly groggy fleet.
•••ROAD TO THE VENDÉE GLOBE #6 - Many of the skippers in the IMOCA class are men and women wh…
•••Today Tuesday, Yves Auvinet, President of the SAEM Vendée, which organises the Vendée Glob…
•••The Great Escape, a 3900-mile virtual race between La Rochelle et Curaçao (Caribbean) star…
•••Since the start at 1215hrs UTC yesterday from Le Havre, the 29 IMOCAs have been sailing at…
•••Whilst Alan Roura (La Fabrique) hurtles across the Atlantic in a bid to secure the singleh…
•••With the crews working on their boats to prepare for the Rolex Fastnet Race, which starts …
•••Look back at the major lessons from this race, which took the skippers from Douarnenez to …
•••It was at 1700hrs local time on Thursday 9th May that the start was given for the Bermudes…
•••It is in a week from now on Wednesday 8th May that the Bermuda 1000 race will start from D…
•••The first event on the IMOCA Globe Series calendar for 2019, the Bermuda 1000 Race, will s…
•••They are among the newcomers to the IMOCA class. Maxime Sorel, 32, and Clément Giraud, 38,…
•••Roland Jourdain, twice winner of the Route du Rhum in the IMOCA category and third placed …
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