The best sleepers are also those who rank highest in the rankings. During their naps, they manage to achieve heart rates ...

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 ...

All the sailors in the Vendée Globe could make their own a slogan for a brand of cheese that has stuck in the collective memory: "Eating well is the beginning of happiness"! A statement that takes on ...

Clarisse Crémer: "I want to be able to put the foot on the gas a bit more and be more confident this time." ...

In less than 10 days the winner of the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe will be known. Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance, 1st), calm and determined, maintains a slight lead over Yoann Richomme ...

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 ...

Next Sunday, that is the 10th of November, the 40 skippers of the Vendée Globe will start the 10th edition of the legendary solo non stop round the world race. From 8 a.m. (local time France, +1hr UTC ...

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 ...

THE SKIPPERS SAID (11/40). Eight years ago he enchantedrace followers when he finished his race under jury rig after being dismaster 15 days before the line. Courageous, talented and tenacious, Conrad ...

Titouan Lamazou, Alain Gautier, Michel Desjoyeaux, Marc Guillemot, Catherine Chabot, Anne Liardet… Nombre d’anciens participants au Vendée Globe étaient réunis samedi pour une soirée en compagnie des ...

Belgian skipper Denis Van Weynbergh completes solo non stop round the world passage but finishes outside the 2024 Vendée Globe ranking. Denis Van Weynbergh, skipper of D’Ieteren Group, arrived in Les ...

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 ...