Sailing News - Seabreeze - page 1 The Slowest Vendee Globe Ever Conrad Colman More than a month after the first racers crossed the finish line in the Vendee Globe Ocean Race, Conrad Colman finally finished last night after losing his mast and constructing a jury rig
missing sailors Broughton Island | Sailing Forums, page 1 - Seabreeze spiggie said Hi M B to drop the main put a reef in ,I think wild oats had the problem in the last Hobart ,Volvo boats also ,Vendee globe ,big tri practically every serious racing yacht Thanks for that info Having control of your sails from the deck I would have thought was a compulsory requirement for offshore racing yachts
Alessandro di Benedetto - solo round the world in a 21ft boat Alessandra will have to respect the same rules that were invented for the original Vendee Globe race won by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in 1969 - non-stop, unassisted, south of the three great capes - Agulhas to the south of Africa, Leeuwin, to the south of Australia and the Horn, to the south of South America
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston muses - 40 years on - Seabreeze While four decades ago it took Knox-Johnston 312 days to circle the globe, modern race boats can do it in less than 90 He is marking the milestone with a dinner with fellow British round-the-world sailors, including record- breaking yachtswoman Dee Caffari and Steve White, who both recently completed the Vendee Globe round the world race, also