It has been another year full of emotions, discoveries, sailing, but above all joy, the joy of seeing more and more IMOCA sailors on the seas who share their extraordinary adventures with us. Relive the last twelve month…
•••Smiles, hugs and champaign greeted more than half the Vendee Arctique - Les Sables d’Olonne fleet Thursday as they paraded into Port Olona on a warm, windless day after slowly jockeying down the coast.
•••As the skippers continue to make their way back to the French coast after the early conclusion of the Vendée Arctique, Antoine Mermod, the president of the IMOCA Class, has expressed his enthusiasm for a race that he bel…
•••The strong low pressure system in the North Atlantic near Iceland which is hitting the fleet still racing on the Vendée Arctique Les Sables d’Olonne has proven to be more dangerous than first forecast. The race direction…
•••Prior to the decision by the race director to neutralise the second edition of the Vendee Arctique due to tough weather conditions on the way to Iceland, the IMOCA Class spoke to Kevin Escoffier, one of a number of IMOCA…
•••The deterioration of the weather conditions in the North Atlantic have forced the organisation on the Vendée Arctique Les Sables d’Olonne race to make a difficult decision.
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A few days after the finish of Leg 5 in Aarhus, Abby Ehler, Yann Eliès and Simon Fisher spoke about their seven days at sea. Indeed, this race across the Atlantic will have required the crews to keep up a frantic pace in…
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Charlie DALIN
Alan ROURA
Giancarlo PEDOTE
Pip HARE
Conrad COLMAN
Kojiro SHIRAISHI
Szabolcs WEÖRES
Denis VAN WEYNBERGH
