A few months ago on EpicTV we introduced the latest crazy adventure of world record holder (for biggest waterfall ever run in a kayak), American paddler Tyler Bradt, who recently starred in the online released movie Cascada. The Wizard’s Eye Expedition is about to begin. From Missoula, Montana, home of the Wizard’s Eye, to La Paz, ...
British skipper Alex Thomson stepped on to the podium of this Vendée Globe, crossing the finish line at Les Sables d’Olonne at 0825 CET this morning in third: a resounding result, considering his race yacht Hugo Boss is an older and heavier Open60 than the boats skippered by winner François Gabart and runner up Armel Le Cléac’h, as well as his ...
François Gabart crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne at 1518 CET today, the youngest skipper to win the seventh edition of extreme ocean race Le Vendée Globe. The 29 year old from Brittany also became the first solo monohull skipper to circumnavigate in under 80 days, as well as breaking a speed record for covering 545.3 nautical ...
Race rookie and leader François Gabart is expected to cross the finish line of Le Vendée Globe on Sunday morning in a record 78 days. But the action in this extreme ocean race is not over yet. “The last tack to the finish will be very difficult, with a very rough sea,” Gabart said. “I love the Vendée Globe and the finish is ...
Despite the complete loss of his Open60’s canting keel, Jean-Pierre Dick has yet to retire from this Vendée Globe. He is holding on to third position in the ranking, but has lost 130 nautical miles to race leader François Gabart, who is being chased down by Armel Le Cléac’h 90 miles behind in second. Dick is sailing his crippled race yacht in ...
In a shock development late last night, Virbac-Prapec’s keel broke off completely, about 500 miles north-west of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Jean-Pierre Dick, the highly experienced skipper from Nice, France, was able to right his yacht and has filled all his ballast tanks to stablise her. Dick has held third position for the ...
François Gabart has slowed considerably in the Azores’ high pressure weather system, but he is still making pace to finish this Vendée Globe in record time at the weekend. Rival Armel Le Cléac’h wasted no time in taking miles off the leader, closing the gap between the two to just over 100 nautical miles. Jean-Pierre Dick in third is ...
The unpredictable winds of the Intertropical Convergence Zone barely affected the front four of the Vendée Globe fleet in their final advance north to the finish in France. François Gabart continues to lead this furiously contested race, with Armel Le Cléac’h hot on his stern less than 150 nautical miles behind in second position. “It’s ...
The gloves are off in the final fortnight of Le Vendée Globe, as François Gabart’s lead is decimated by rival Armel Le Cléac’h to 95 nautical miles. “The journey is still long and there are many dangers on our way to Les Sables d’Olonne,” Le Cléac’h said of his comeback. The light airs of the Doldrums have seriously slowed the ...
François Gabart crossed the equator at the head of the Vendée Globe fleet after 66 days of racing, smashing the record set by his mentor Michel Desjoyeaux by five days, and looks to be on course to also break the full race record of 84 days, as well as the solo monohull Jules Verne Trophy. Race rookie Gabart has set the pace in this Vendée ...
