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On an ocean passage, how do you ensure you can keep going? Rupert Holmes finds out what Vendée Globe Skippers can teach us about mid-ocean repairs

Catherine Chabaud - Vendée Globe © Vendée Globe Back In 1997 Catherine Chabaud became the first female sailor to complete the Vendée Globe, taking sixth place and in so doing becoming the first woman to race solo non stop around the world without assistance. And for the last 20 years she has worked tirelessly, campaigning to protect ocean health and highlight the fragility and importance or our marine ecosystems. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She lives with her partner Jean Marie close to the centre of Angers, (to the east of Nantes in NW F...

IMOCA fleet © Christophe Favreau / Défi Azimut Over the winter, the Vendée Globe sailors treated us to a thrilling competition and their ability to share the values of solidarity really appealed to the public. Adversaries out on the water, these IMOCA skippers and their teams form a solid group, which also works hard, year-round, on the evolution of their sport and their machine. In this way, over the course of the round the world race, the future of the current boats and their next iterations has been taking shape behind the scenes. Coordinated by the IMOCA Class (Internat...

On 12 February this year, Pip Hare arrived in Les Sables D'Olonne, France to complete the Vendée Globe round-the-world yacht race for solo sailors. The accomplishment took 95 days and made her the second woman in the race rankings and the leading Briton. As you might guess, this remarkable achievement was not without challenges, including dual ascents of the masts and an in-race rudder change, as well as the ever-present danger, sleeplessness, dramatic changes of weather and assorted other hazards of piloting a small craft an enormous distance. Many watchers stress the physical and psycholog...

Yachting World 0shares Vendée Globe racer and Yachting World contributor, Pip Hare answers YBW forum members' questions in our second ever Ask Me Anything session. On April 22nd, Vendée Globe hero and the first British sailor to finish the 2020/21 solo non stop round the world race, Pip Hare was our second special guest in a new series of Ask Me Anything sessions on the YBW forum. Here’s a few of the insights Pip shared… Life after the Vendée Globe Many of the YBW forum members where interested in Pip’s future plans, whether she would be aiming for another V...