Vendée Globe

Escoffier evacuated as Thomson & Davies formally retire (VG update 7Dec20)

After being rescued from his liferaft six days ago by fellow competitor Jean Le Cam, PRB skipper Kevin Escoffier...

December 7th, 2020

An online debate about the safety of the Vendée Globe and the extent of damage already experienced is raging....

December 4th, 2020

In a briefly worded facebook post the team at Initiatives Coeur has announced that Sam Davies hit an unidentified...

December 3rd, 2020

Sébastien Simon’s Arkea Paprec has collided with a UFO this morning. Reports state that Sébastien Simon is not injured but his starboard...

December 2nd, 2020

This is how Kevin Escoffier describes the harrowing incident which forced him to abandon his IMOCA 60 PRB following...

December 1st, 2020

A mere and guttingly brief two hours after Alex Thomson’s team released a statement saying he was back in...

November 30th, 2020

After Thomas Ruyant’s foil difficulty yesterday (25Nov20) Antoine Mermod, the president of IMOCA , has spoken out about the...

November 26th, 2020

Just 48 hours after he unearthed structural damage to his Hugo Boss boat, Alex Thomson has confirmed that he...

November 24th, 2020

Alex Thomson has successfully crossed the equator into the southern hemisphere, as he maintains his lead in the Vendée...

November 19th, 2020

“I came 3rd, I came 2nd, how can you add any more pressure?” Alex Thomson asks of the upcoming...

November 6th, 2020

Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss Vendée Globe competitor) has heralded his hometown of Gosport as ‘blessed’. He says the maritime...

November 4th, 2020