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In exactly six months and one day 138 sailors will line up off Saint Malo

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Excitement grows at the Global Solo Challenge with two possible new groups by Global Solo Challenge 24 Apr 10:46 BST Pete Goss on Aqua Qurum (50ft) in the 1996 Vendée Globle - Pete became the first sailor to complete a a circumnavigation on a boat with a canting keel. © Global Solo Challenge As the list of enquiries received about the Global Solo Challenge 2023 tops 220 sailors (of which more than 150 already own a boat) organisers need to ensure the event remains fair, ev...

Damien Seguin - Vendée Globe Day 52 © Jean-Louis Carli / Vendée Globe A nasty low pressure system is converging with the Vendée Globe leader Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq IV) and could require him to slow significantly to avoid winds in excess of 40kts and big seas. But Bestaven is under pressure from behind too as the peloton of nine are compressing, closing mileage and pushing hard. Damien Seguin, multiple Paralympic champion is sailing immaculately and is up to third,...

Paralympic Champion Seguin Moves Up To Third in Vendee Globe Race 29th December 2020 Damien Seguin is up to third on his Groupe Apicil, Credit: Vendee Globe Race (Day 52- 1450 miles to Cape Horn)  A nasty low-pressure system is converging with the Vendée Globe leader Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq IV) and could require him to slow significantly to avoid winds in excess of 40-knots and big seas. But Bestaven is under pressure from behind too as the peloton of nine are compressing, closing mi...