After knocking off the qualifying voyage for this month’s start of the solo around-the-world race, Simpson sailed into Portland, Maine. There, all sorts of magic unfolded.
In a year filled with cancellations, following the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world race is particularly enjoyable.
When the rig came down on Conrad Colman during the Vendée Globe, rather than call it quits, he battled 700 miles to the finish.
Even in the middle of the Southern Ocean, the skippers of the Vendée Globe find company.
Packing for 90 days at sea is a fine balance between bringing the right food and bringing enough to keep the skippers in top form.
Jean-Pierre Dick on Virbac-Paprec 3 finished fourth in the Vendée Globe arriving with no keel.
A young sailor becomes a Vendée Globe star.
The nonstop solo around-the-world race has been called the “Everest of the Seas.” Like Everest, the Vendée Globe takes prisoners. As the miles left to the finish diminish, so do the number of boats in the race.
Four skippers are out of the running six days into this race around the world.
Nineteen of the 20 skippers sailing the Vendée Globe solo race around the world started the 24,048-mile, three-month circumnavigation off Les Sables d’Olonne, France, on Nov. 10. Bertrand de Broc returned to port before the start to make a repair to a small puncture in his hull. Photos: Jean Marie Liot/DPPI/Vendee Globe Click here to meet the skippers.
[Click here to read more about the race.](http://www.sailingworld.
After knocking off the qualifying voyage for this month’s start of the solo around-the-world race, Simpson sailed into Portland, Maine. There, all sorts of magic unfolded.
In a year filled with cancellations, following the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world race is particularly enjoyable.
When the rig came down on Conrad Colman during the Vendée Globe, rather than call it quits, he battled 700 miles to the finish.
Even in the middle of the Southern Ocean, the skippers of the Vendée Globe find company.
Packing for 90 days at sea is a fine balance between bringing the right food and bringing enough to keep the skippers in top form.
Jean-Pierre Dick on Virbac-Paprec 3 finished fourth in the Vendée Globe arriving with no keel.
A young sailor becomes a Vendée Globe star.
The nonstop solo around-the-world race has been called the “Everest of the Seas.” Like Everest, the Vendée Globe takes prisoners. As the miles left to the finish diminish, so do the number of boats in the race.
Four skippers are out of the running six days into this race around the world.
Nineteen of the 20 skippers sailing the Vendée Globe solo race around the world started the 24,048-mile, three-month circumnavigation off Les Sables d’Olonne, France, on Nov. 10. Bertrand de Broc returned to port before the start to make a repair to a small puncture in his hull. Photos: Jean Marie Liot/DPPI/Vendee Globe Click here to meet the skippers.
[Click here to read more about the race.](http://www.sailingworld.
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