The Vendée Globe has long since proven to be much more than a solo race around the world. It is a human adventure which shapes lives and which very often develops destinies. On this edition one of the ...

While the Les Sables d’Olonne skipper Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) is completing his final miles towards his home port to complete an emotional, important third place on the Vendée Globe – he ...

More than half of the skippers who are about to take on the tenth Vendée Globe has a scientific collaboration project. They will sail with scientific measuring apparatus which will allow them to take ...

The last three skippers competing in the Vendée Globe are into their last days racing. Manuel Cousin (Coup de Pouce, 31st) is expected to finish on Friday. Getting closer to land he now has to be ...

After one long, cold final night fighting through light winds off the Brittany coast, Charlie Dalin, the French skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance crossed the Vendée Globe finish line this Tuesday ...

In rough seas and big winds off Les Sables d’Olonne, German solo racer Boris Herrmann (Malizia - Seaexplorer) completed the Vendée Globe tonight (Wednesday) at 2218hrs (UTC) to take 12th place. For ...

Consider Cape Horn, an imposing black coloured lonely lump of rock. 425 metres high, 12 km² at the end of the world, swept by violent storms. All in all a very hostile, lonely area to work at. Welcome ...

After a career of over 20 years in ocean racing, including two Vendée Globe races with MACSF as a partner (finishing out of the race in the 2020 edition and 19th in the 2024 edition), Isabelle Joschke ...

The 10th edition of the Vendée Globe ends on an exceptional note, from a sporting, popular and media point of view. The level of competition has never been so high: Charlie Dalin, the great winner of ...

The Marion Dufresne provides two main functions, oceanographic research for the French Oceanographic Fleet under the responsibility of Ifremer, and logistics for the French sub-Antarctic islands - ...

Now that the skippers are well into their circumnavigation of Antarctic it’s a good time to learn about the polar scientific stations which are situated in some of the most remote, hostile parts of ...

Among the many challenges facing skippers in the Vendée Globe, sleep management is one of the most crucial, as it is so decisive for safety and performance. Sleeping little but efficiently, remaining ...