All the latest news about the Vendée Globe and its competitors

Broken ribs, repairs and reduced leads (Vendée Globe update 14Jan21)

Romain Attanasio (Pure – Best Western Hotels and Resorts) has suspected broken ribs after a violent fall. It happened...

January 14th, 2021

Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ IV ) has retaken the lead from Charlie Dalin (Apivia). Not only are there just...

January 13th, 2021

Charlie Dalin is once again leading the Vendée Globe this morning, as incredibly, there are five boats within 50...

January 12th, 2021

Isabelle Joschke has been forced to abandon her Vendée Globe after a further failure of the keel canting system...

January 11th, 2021

Pip Hare needed a weather window in the depths of the South Pacific Ocean to allow her to replace the...

January 8th, 2021

With 1300 miles to sail to Cape Horn, this next week will be the toughest of British skipper Pip...

January 7th, 2021

While conducting routine maritime patrol reconnaissance within the Falkland Conservation Zone, the A400M of Royal Air Force captured imagery...

January 6th, 2021

Four more solo skippers have passed Cape Horn in a period of less than four hours. Between 0240hrs UTC...

January 5th, 2021

Key Yachting has announced that Wayne Palmer and Hayley Quinn from Hampshire-based Thinking Space Systems have purchased Key Yachting....

January 4th, 2021

The last few days into 2021 have proven extremely tough for Isabelle Joschke (pictured above). She was fifth on...

January 4th, 2021

As if to prove that his slow speeds were indeed down to a prolonged dose of light winds and...

December 14th, 2020