Park City-area resident Francesca Clapcich is thousands of miles from home this week, racing through the Atlantic Ocean in one of the world’s toughest offshore competitions.

There are so many things that can go wrong over the nearly 30,000 miles of the Vendée Globe: routing and tactical errors, boat breakages, collisions, sheer bad luck—you name it. And that’s why ...

Sixth-placed French sailor Yann Eliès insists he can still win the Vendee Globe despite conceding he can’t keep up with the new generation of foiling boats. As the race reached its 22nd day Eliès was ...

PARIS, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Charlie Dalin was cruising towards a record victory in the Vendee Globe challenge on Monday, with a finish expected in the early hours of Tuesday at Les Sables-d'Olonne. At ...

Ruyant's team reports he remains in control despite leak Briton Goodchild leads fleet on third day of race Vendee Globe spans 24,000 nautical miles, exposing sailors to harshest conditions Nov 12 - ...

PARIS - French sailor Charlie Dalin has revealed that he was undergoing treatment for cancer while he sailed to victory in the latest Vendée Globe, completing the solo round-the-world race despite a ...