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I have very deliberately stayed all B&G, no mix and match. The only exception being the Raymarine pilot ram. No excuses for NMEA bits...

Suspect that Photon Infinity’s Autopilot and B&G ‘issues’ will be one and the same. And not of JPK’s making: I upgraded to an all B&G...

Stealth Dyneema. Most cool 😎

Pip, from Les Sables d'Olonne. Talks the delivery, a small mishap, big foils and the race (in English). 3mins 40 to 11mins 45

On one of my earlier, possibly first, visits to Dover there were two chandleries. At the time I needed some wick for the oil lamp in our...

Cheaper visitor rates than its near neighbour, Ramsgate, too. By a fiver a night, for a 9.5m boat. With an excellent,’old school,’...

Which sail fabric did you go for in, the end?

Daily dockwalks now live streaming, from the Vendee Globe race village. If you fancy honing your 'holiday French'......

Hmmmmm…. Thanks for the reminder, not! 🤞🤞☺️😊😊 panic just around the corner! Indeed things progress at a rate of knots. Splash probably...

"Could a British skipper win the Vendee Globe this time?" Sam G answers Tip & Shaft ‘s questions (in English), from the Race Village.

Last time around. With Sam D, Pip, Miranda & Alex. Amongst others......

The Sam D story. Full (ie not auto-generated) sous-titres Anglais available in "Settings," if desired.

Wise words, on the countdown to the start, from British Vendee veteran Alex Thomson. Who has successfully rekindled Clarisse Cremer's...

The Sam G story (with Sam speaking in English)

From Breskens the choice depends on the weather. One possibility would be to stay at sea and head north, perhaps stopping at...