A year after crossing the Vendée Globe finish line as the first-ever Swiss-German skipper to complete the world’s toughest solo race, Oliver Heer is ...

There are so many things that can go wrong over the nearly 30,000 miles of the Vendée Globe: routing and tactical errors, boat breakages, collisions, sheer bad luck—you name it. And that’s why ...

Britain’s Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) took the lead today in the Vendée Globe solo race around the world as the leaders of the 40 boat fleet descend south down the Iberian peninsula. Passing the length ...

In early December 2024, 40-year-old French sailor Charlie Dalin had Antarctica and icebergs to starboard, and behind him lurked a monstrous storm, barreling across the great swath of the Southern ...

A new winner has just crossed the finishing line of the Vendée Globe, the solo, non-stop, unassisted round-the-world sailing race that takes place every four years. The next edition, in 2028, will be ...

Sorel retires due to irreparable mainsail damage, ankle injury Injury worsened while attempting repairs Vendee Globe race covers 24,000 nautical miles Nov 15 - Sailor Maxime Sorel became the first ...

Charlie Dalin has revealed he was undergoing cancer treatment while he won the 2024-25 Vendee Globe in record time. Dalin, 41, completed the solo round the world sailing race in 64 days, 19 hours and ...

British skipper Pip Hare limped into Melbourne Saturday after being forced out of the Vendee Globe solo non-stop round the world yacht race by a dismasting south of Australia.

LES-SABLES-D’OLONNE, France — Anyone watching the celebrations at the end of Violette Dorange’s solo circumnavigation would have thought she won the Vendee Globe. Tens of thousands of enthusiastic ...

It is tough enough for any sailor just to complete the non-stop round-the-world Vendee Globe, let alone win it but winning it while battling cancer, as French skipper Charlie Dalin did in January, is ...