He’s the solo skipper who might remind you of Keith Richards. A rugged, hawkish face topped off with an unruly mop of black curly hair, Jean Le Cam was the…
Vendée Globe: Everything you need to know about the world’s toughest sailing race
Pip Hare: My Vendée Globe journey
The Vendée Globe race was everything I ever dreamed it could be, and more. It challenged me every day, it made me scream with laughter, it brought me to my…
Save the date: Pip Hare’s Ask Me Anything session on YBW
On Thursday 22 April, Pip Hare, who recently completed the Vendée Globe, will be our second special guest in a new series of Ask Me Anything sessions on the YBW…
Vendée Globe heroes: 10 remarkable sailors who embody the race’s spirit
The Finnish airline pilot was the first Nordic skipper to complete the Vendée Globe and, besides enjoying every minute of the adventure, has become something of a hero in his…
Vendée Globe: Miranda Merron on the highs and lows of her race
Some Vendée Globe and IMOCA sailors are relentlessly focused on winning, on the position schedules and on the performance of their boat, some not so. British navigator Miranda Merron has strong…
Pip Hare is first British skipper in Vendée Globe
Pip Hare crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe at 0057 this morning to become the first British skipper to finish the 2020/21 race. When the gun went, she…
Vendée Globe rescue: Kevin Escoffier on his sinking and recovery
“I AM SINKING. THIS IS NOT A JOKE. MAYDAY” At 1345 (UTC) on Monday 30 November, on a grey and lumpy South Atlantic some 840 miles south-west of Cape Town,…
Ask Pip Hare: Vendee skipper answers Yachting World reader questions
Direct from the middle of the Atlantic, Vendée Globe competitor, Pip Hare, exclusively answers questions by Yachting World readers on what it’s really like sailing the challenge of a lifetime……
Vendée Globe winner: Yannick Bestaven wins after redress
In not only the closest, but also the most complex finish in the Vendée Globe‘s 32-year history, Yannick Bestaven has been declared the 2020/21 Vendée Globe winner. Bestaven was 3rd…
Vendée Globe finish: Epic conclusion to round the world race – updated
There is no such thing as an ‘easy’ Vendée Globe. It is, rightly, considered to be one of the very toughest sporting challenges in the world, and the 2020/2021 edition…
Vendée Globe rollercoaster for Pip Hare as she makes mid-ocean rudder repairs
The Southern Ocean is renowned for its relentlessness. By the time they reach the final stages of the South Pacific, the Vendée Globe solo sailors have been at sea for…
Vendée Globe 2020 contenders: Who will win the world’s toughest sailing race?
Not for nothing is the Vendée Globe referred to by many as the toughest race in the world. The singlehanded, non stop, solo race around the globe regularly sees fewer…
Vendée Globe rescue: Le Cam plucks Escoffier from liferaft after ‘shipwreck’ sinking mid-Atlantic
Escoffier was adrift in his liferaft for over 11 hours, some 840 miles south of Cape Town, at night in 25-knot winds and 3 metre seas, when Le Cam –…
How to follow the 2020 Vendée Globe
A record fleet of 33 skippers started the Vendée Globe on Sunday, 8 November at 1302 local time (1202 GMT) and three of them have already seen their race ended…
‘Broken’ Alex Thomson retires from 2020 Vendée Globe after rudder damage
The enormously popular skipper has announced that he is retiring from the Vendée Globe, and is currently heading to Cape Town. Speaking from Hugo Boss today, a clearly emotional Thomson…
Vendée Globe 2020 start: Record fleet sets off from Les Sables d’Olonne
After the strangest of departure days, the Vendée Globe fleet set off this afternoon at 1420 local time. To start a round the world race is always an enormous relief,…
2020 Vendée Globe preview: Pip Hare and Paul Larsen’s guide to the fleet
The 2020 Vendée Globe, which sets off on Sunday, November 8, sports one of the most diverse IMOCA fleets the event has ever seen. Over the 33 entries there is…
2020 Vendée Globe: Pip Hare explains how it feels to be on the starting line
The Vendée Globe is the longest continuous racecourse in sport. Like some of the world’s great marathons, it offers something very rare: the opportunity for competitors from a wide range…
Vendée Globe racer Pip Hare on maintaining your focus on long sea passages
For me, managing a 60ft IMOCA alone demands my full attention so there is little time for distraction. However, even then it can be difficult to maintain really long-term focus.…
Vendée Globe 2020 preview: Next generation foilers will sail on the limit
The world of single-handed offshore racing is a uniquely rarefied one. It’s an oft-quoted statistic that more people have been into space than sailed around the planet non-stop, but solo…