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Sodebo's rudder rebuild

Word from Pip If you're not on FB: She's looking well rested. Is pleased to have covered 96nm (since dismasting). Reckons 12 days to...

After 14000 miles sailing, the first two are within 4 miles of eachother. The first three are within a bit over 3miles in distance to...

The 'fourth Brit,' James Harayda, is already eyeing up boats for a 2028 entry. He narrowly missed the qualification cut this year. After...

Rough night for Sam D too

Yes. In the onboard video that came out after the event you can briefly see it, and some of the broken parts of the mast secured to the...

Wonder how much Pip's (and his own, in the New York - Vendee) dismasting is on Sam G's mind? Riding this front. EDIT: He's just posted...

Yoann 2nm from Charlie, at the 22.00 sched. Some clues, about how he got there, in this pre-race interview / boat tour:

IMOCA mast 'factoids:' Before foils, an IMOCA generated 12t of righting moment. The current standardised Lorima mast was therefore...

Matt Sheahan on recent IMOCA mast failures & the new, for 2025, foiling-friendly mast design. (Should open @ 4.04)

Pip, on getting to the Vendee Globe startline........French v's British sailing culture........and "living it."

Don McIntyre (of Golden Globe Race fame) maintaining a watching brief, on Facebook….Its good to have friends….especially ones with...

In her own words

I am beyond gutted for Pip. If there's one thing I can can say for certain though, having known Pip for 18 years, is that when Pip says...

The low should overtake her today and then "relatively benign" conditions pushing her downwind to Tasmania. Attanasio is 60nm to her...