Safran Sailing: Why the Foils?
With 5 new IMOCAs sporting foils, the question remains: will the new appendages give the foiled flyers a real advantage over the boats with traditional boards?
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With 5 new IMOCAs sporting foils, the question remains: will the new appendages give the foiled flyers a real advantage over the boats with traditional boards?
American Ryan Breymaier has his sights set on the Vendee Globe.
After two failed attempts at the Vendée Globe, the Brit Alex Thomson takes third place in the solo nonstop ’round-the-world race. He’s the third ever British skipper to finish on the podium, and set a new non-stop ’round the world record for a solo British sailor.
Rich Wilson became the second American to complete the Vendée Globe in 2009. Read his story, and this interview, to get a look at one of the smallest clubs on this planet.
Gabart becomes the youngest and fastest sailor to circumvent the world alone in the Vendée Globe.
After completing the Vendee Globe race in 78 days, Francois Gabart addresses the press with some surprises.
Relive the finish of the Vendée Globe in Les Sables d’Olonne, France.
Francois Gabart on Macif discusses the highs and lows of his epic Vendée Globe journey as he fights to keep his lead ahead of Armel Le Cléac’h on Banque Populaire.
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.
What the sailing world can assimilate from the sport’s greatest laboratory, the Vendée Globe, is revealed in the successes and shortcomings of a diverse fleet. From our July 1993 issue.
Two skippers are forced to abandon their dreams of winning the Vendée Globe less than 48 hours after the start. Bruce Gain reflects on the drama of the race and the emotional cord it strikes with the French public.
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.
With 5 new IMOCAs sporting foils, the question remains: will the new appendages give the foiled flyers a real advantage over the boats with traditional boards?
American Ryan Breymaier has his sights set on the Vendee Globe.
After two failed attempts at the Vendée Globe, the Brit Alex Thomson takes third place in the solo nonstop ’round-the-world race. He’s the third ever British skipper to finish on the podium, and set a new non-stop ’round the world record for a solo British sailor.
Rich Wilson became the second American to complete the Vendée Globe in 2009. Read his story, and this interview, to get a look at one of the smallest clubs on this planet.
Gabart becomes the youngest and fastest sailor to circumvent the world alone in the Vendée Globe.
After completing the Vendee Globe race in 78 days, Francois Gabart addresses the press with some surprises.
Relive the finish of the Vendée Globe in Les Sables d’Olonne, France.
Francois Gabart on Macif discusses the highs and lows of his epic Vendée Globe journey as he fights to keep his lead ahead of Armel Le Cléac’h on Banque Populaire.
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.
What the sailing world can assimilate from the sport’s greatest laboratory, the Vendée Globe, is revealed in the successes and shortcomings of a diverse fleet. From our July 1993 issue.
Two skippers are forced to abandon their dreams of winning the Vendée Globe less than 48 hours after the start. Bruce Gain reflects on the drama of the race and the emotional cord it strikes with the French public.
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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