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.
•••With a few exceptions the 24 sailors on the Vendée Arctique – Les Sables d’Olonne race around Iceland now have downwind conditions. After the main body of the fleet spent more than 24 hours snared in a wide band of calm …
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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.
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Charlie DALIN
Alan ROURA
Giancarlo PEDOTE
Pip HARE
Conrad COLMAN
Kojiro SHIRAISHI
Szabolcs WEÖRES
Denis VAN WEYNBERGH