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Dalin leads five way sprint for Vendee glory Issued on: 4 min Les Sables-d'Olonne (France) (AFP) French skipper Charlie Dalin is expected to be the first to cross the finish line at the end of the solo round-the-world Vendee Globe on Wednesday but that is no guarantee that he will win the epic race. The 36-year-old is leading a five-boat sprint for the line at Les Sables d'Olonne in Brittany, northern France, and is expected to arrive on Wednesday evening after 80 days and 28,000 often hazardous miles at sea. But the result is complicated by the fact that two of them -- Boris Herrmann and ...

Burton pressures Dalin in six-way sprint for Vendee finish Issued on: 3 min Paris (AFP) Five days before the expected finish of the solo round-the-world Vendee Globe, Louis Burton was gaining fast on leader Charlie Dalin on Friday at the head of the fleet which sees the first six boats separated by less than 150 nautical miles. At 1700 GMT, Dalin's Apivia was just eight nautical miles ahead of Burton's Bureau Vallee 2. Coming fast in their wake is the German skipper Boris Herrmann, looking to become the first ever non-French winner of the race which is now in its ninth edition, whose Seaexp...

Herrmann closes on Vendee leaders and prepares for 'drag' finish Issued on: 4 min Paris (AFP) German skipper Boris Herrmann pumped his chances of becoming the first ever non-French winner of the solo round-the-world Vendee Globe when he moved up to third on Friday, just 37 nautical miles behind leader Charlie Dalin. The 37-year-old from Hamburg was the quickest of the top group overnight Thursday, running at 17 knots at 1400 GMT Friday, benefitting from his decision to run his Seaexplorer Yacht Club de Monaco vessel slightly further offshore than Dalin's Apivia and second-placed Louis Burto...

Vendee Globe, Prada Cup, virtual Sydney Hobart - Sail-World.com USA Newsletter 05/01/2021 Vendee Globe leaders round Cape Horn, Prada Cup, virtual Sydney Hobart Dear Recipient Name While the New Year might be off to a lumpy start in North America in terms of sluggish vaccine roll-outs and tough COVID-19 metrics, the 27 IMOCA 60 skippers who are still competing in the Vendee Globe have been dealing with significantly different realities. Yannick Bestaven, sailing aboard the 2015 generation Verdier/VPLP-designed Maître CoQ, rounded Cape Horn on January 2 at 1342 hours, UTC, in the pole po...