How much will the winner of the 2024-2025 edition receive?
40 skippers will set off this Sunday for the world tour with the hope of winning a small prize by crossing the finish line as the winner. Crossing the finish line of the Vendée Globe as a winner will open the doors to the pantheon of ocean racing, but the feat does not make the […]
1989-2021, nine editions of an ocean legend
Since a first initiatory world tour, exploits, adventures and dramas have followed one another around the planet. A look back at a legendary epic, before the start of the tenth edition on Sunday. 1989-1990: Poupon first rescued, Lamazou first winner 13 sailors at the start, 7 classified How much will they come back to? And […]
40 sailors and a new, more flexible qualification system for the 2028-2029 edition
The organizers have announced a more flexible qualification system than the previous one. Four days before the start of the tenth edition in Les Sables d’Olonne, the Vendée Globe organization unveiled this Wednesday the regulations for the following edition scheduled for 2028-2029. As this year, a maximum of forty sailors will be allowed on the […]
Boris Herrmann: “I’m more excited than last time”
Germany’s most famous offshore sailor wants to go it alone again: Boris Herrmann will start his second Vendée Globe on November 10th. The Hamburger is one of the favorites – and has set a specific goal for himself on the tour. Boris Herrmann is ready for his second sailing solo around the world. Almost four […]