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Whilsi one may think, a long race means perfect self isolation .... You can’t guarantee you have nit been infected before the start...

Would anyone actually want to start a solo race knowing they will be in the middle of nowhere with absolutely no support by the time they were getting ill?
 

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Whilsi one may think, a long race means perfect self isolation .... You can’t guarantee you have nit been infected before the start...

Would anyone actually want to start a solo race knowing they will be in the middle of nowhere with absolutely no support by the time they were getting ill?

That one is easily resolved. Like astronauts going into space, start a period of isolation 7 or perhaps 14 days ahead of the start.

The November start and non stop solo nature makes it one of the easiest events to envisage being able to run in these times.

BUT, the big issues are likely to be
- unable to get the warm up races and preparatory sails in - without which the boats won’t be proven enough for the southern ocean
- the economics may not stack up for the professional race without the spectator interest - though could be offset by more virtual and video viewers
 

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The 2020 Vendee Globe Will Start On 8th November

Preparations for the start of the next Vendee Globe are going ahead in an uncertain context in terms of public health and the economy. The Vendee Council and the SAEM Vendee are doing their utmost in conjunction with all the partners, skippers from the IMOCA Class, their sponsors and public authorities to ensure arrangements for this ninth edition of the Vendee Globe go smoothly.

Maintaining the start date of 8th November for the race is our goal and everything is being done to achieve that.

In terms of racing, nothing prevents the race starting on 8th November, as long as the national authorities allow that to be the case. However for the Vendee Globe, which is a popular event and belongs to the local people, the presence of the public is important for us.

The organisers are therefore studying every possible situation to be able to welcome the public at an event like this in the economic and public health context, the evolution of which is hard to predict. The decision to keep Race HQ in Les Sables d'Olonne throughout the whole race will in fact help to ensure a maximum number of people can fully enjoy the Vendee Globe adventure.

At the same time, the Vendee Globe organisers are working in conjunction with the IMOCA Class towards the goal of adapting some of the deadlines for the skippers, in particular, the final date for registrations which has been pushed back until 1st September and the organisation of a preparatory solo race this summer.

A race from Vendee-Arctic-Les Sables d'Olonne to take place in July

At the same time, the Vendee Globe organisers are working in conjunction with the IMOCA Class towards the goal of adapting some of the deadlines for the skippers, in particular, the final date for registrations which has been pushed back until 1st September and the organisation of a preparatory solo race this summer.

With sailing gradually starting again, the IMOCA Class has been working over the past few weeks on organising a preparatory race, which was initially scheduled for June. In agreement with the Vendee Department, the headline partner for the event, the IMOCA Class proposed a race starting from off Les Sables d'Olonne on 4th July. This will be a solo race taking the sailors up past Iceland and into the Arctic Circle and then down to the Azores with a return to the start location planned around ten days later.

www.imoca.org/en

www.vendeeglobe.org/en/
 
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