Vendée Globe 2016-2017

A really great reception. The French really put on a good show for this event. I reckon if it wasn't for a damaged foil during week 2, we may well have seen Hugo Boss and Alex enjoying this, not today but a few days ago. Congratulations to them all!
 
DanTribe said:
I assume this has lost something in translation, or is the right choice of spice that important?
"Meanwhile, Alan Roura has also been forced to make repairs after hitting an unidentified floating object in the water, damaging his starboard rudder and causing a leak.

The 23-year-old Swiss skipper managed to change the saffron and stem the waterway and has resumed course."


Read more at http://www.ybw.com/features/everyth...-globe-alex-thomson-43987#4w8HhlIeluqZ1jht.99
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Safran = rudder
 
Well Armel has achieved his goal to a tremendous welcome and with a beautiful sunset to illuminate the spectacle. Interviewed by Vendee TV he got very 'emotional' - quite understandable after a herculean effort sustained for 74 days.
 
Excellent coverage on the live youtube broadcast, astonishing it peaked at not much more than 6k viewers, though there were probably substantially larger numbers on some other platforms.

I expect the organisers, sponsors and waiting crowds were delighted with the timing, was quite the spectacle I thought. Wonderful scenes and thoroughly deserved plaudits for Armel who was rather overcome at one point.

Having consumed as much as I could throughout the event, I can't quite shake the feeling that some of those involved could be doing a lot more in promoting the event and the coverage, nevertheless I enjoyed it immensely and gained huge respect for what these guys put themselves through.

A staggering feat deserving of wider recognition (outside of France?)
 
WhiskeyTownRacer said:
Excellent coverage on the live youtube broadcast, astonishing it peaked at not much more than 6k viewers, though there were probably substantially larger numbers on some other platforms.

I expect the organisers, sponsors and waiting crowds were delighted with the timing, was quite the spectacle I thought. Wonderful scenes and thoroughly deserved plaudits for Armel who was rather overcome at one point.

Having consumed as much as I could throughout the event, I can't quite shake the feeling that some of those involved could be doing a lot more in promoting the event and the coverage, nevertheless I enjoyed it immensely and gained huge respect for what these guys put themselves through.

A staggering feat deserving of wider recognition (outside of France?)
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Just a shade under 30,000 watching on Facebook.
 
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Brilliant finish ..... Chapeau Armel :) !!
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However, the Vendée Globe site seems to have stopped showing distance to finish for those still out there; AT shown as 101 nm out, but reading is from 1800 hrs.

AT Racing page for 2100 hrs has AT as 75 nm from finish ..... :encouragement:
 
Alex has made his tack to the North East for a 2 hour run before getting back on a course to hit the finish line which the model indicates he should achieve by 0700 tomorrow morning (20th). He is currently 75 NM from the finish.
 
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