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 ...

The arrival of French Vendée Globe champion Charlie Dalin in Les Sables D’Olonne today was more than a finish, or a circumnavigation completed. It was the ascension to the throne of ocean sailing’s ...

Nov 13 - France's Nicolas Lunven set a record for the longest distance covered in a monohull yacht by a solo skipper in 24 hours during the Vendee Globe race on Wednesday. Lunven, who opted for a more ...

It is tough enough for any sailor just to complete the non-stop round-the-world Vendee Globe, let alone win it but winning it while battling cancer, as French skipper Charlie Dalin did in January, is ...

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 ...

LES SABLES D’OLONNE, France (AP) — French sailor Charlie Dalin won the around-the-world race Vendee Globe in record time on Tuesday, completing his solo journey in less than 65 days — nearly 10 days ...

It is tough enough for any sailor just to complete the non-stop round-the-world Vendee Globe, let alone win it but winning it ... in the lead and gambled on confronting a storm in the Indian Ocean ...