Vendée Globe

The Vendée Globe is a single-handed non-stop round the world yacht race. The race, which takes place every four years, is regarded by yachtsmen and women as a serious test of individual endurance.

The race was founded by French yachtsman, Phillipe Jeantot , in 1989. Since 2003 the race has been run by the Vendee regional council.

Contents

1 Yacht Types 2 The Course 3 Previous Winners 3.1 2000-2001 3.2 1996-1997 3.3 1992-1993 3.4 1989-1990

Yacht Types

The race is open to monohull yachts with an overall length of between 50 and 60 feet.

2004 race in progress: Vendee Globe 2004 website

The Course

The course starts and ends at the port of Les Sables d'Olonne in France. Competitors must then sail more than twenty-five thousand miles non-stop around the world past the complulsory points which are;

• Les Sables d'Olonne
• The Canaries
• Keep the Antarctic to starboard
• Keep Heard Island to starboard
• Keep a marker at 50°S 90°E to starboard
• Keep a marker at 57°S 180° to starboard
• Keep a marker at 57°S 120°W to starboard
• Keep a marker at 27°S 67°W to starboard
• Keep the Cape Horn to port
• Return to Les Sables d’Olonne

See a diagram of the course.

Previous Winners

2000-2001

1 - Michel Desjoyeaux  (Fra, PRB) : 93d3h57'32
2 - Ellen MacArthur (G.B, Kingfisher) : 94d4h25'40
3 - Roland Jourdain (Fra, Sill Matines La potagère) : 96d1h2'33
4 - Marc Thiercelin (Fra, Active Wear) : 102d20h37'49
5 - Dominic Wavre (Switzerland, Union bancaire Privée) : 105d2h45'12
6 - Thomas Coville (Fra, Sodébo) : 105d7h24'
7 - Mike Golding (G.B, Team Group 4) : 110d16h22'
8 - Bernard Gallay (Fra-Switzerland, Voilà.fr) : 111d16h7'11
9 - Josh Hall (G.B, Gartmore) : 111d19h48'2
10 - Joé Seeten (Fra, Nord-pas-de-Calais/chocolats du Monde) : 115d16h46'50
11 - Patrice Carpentier (Fra, VM Matériaux) : 116d00h32'48
12 - Simone Bianchetti (Ita, Aquarelle.com) : 121d1h28'
13 - Yves Parlier (Fra, Aquitaine Innovations) : 126d23h36
14 - Didier Munduteguy (Fra, DDP/60è Sud) : 135d15h17'55
15 - Pasquale de Gregorio (Ita, Wind Telecommunicazioni) : 158d2h37'25

1996-1997

1 - Christophe Auguin  (Fra, Geodis) : 105d20h31'
2 - Marc Thiercelin (Fra, Crédit Immobilier de France) : 113d8h26'
3 - Hervé Laurent (Fra, Groupe LG-Traitmat) : 114d16h43'
4 - Eric Dumont (Fra, Café Legal-Le Goût) : 116d16h43'
5 - Pete Goss (G.B, Aqua Quorum) : 126d21h25'
6 - Catherine Chabaud (Fra, Whirlpool-Europe 2) : 140d04h38'
Lost at sea: Gerry Roufs  (Can, Groupe LG2)

1992-1993

1 - Alain Gautier  (Fra, Bagages Superior) : 110d02h22'35
2 - Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (Fra, Groupe Sofap-Helvim) : 116d15h01'11
3 - Philippe Poupon (Fra, Fleury-Michon X) : 117d03h34'24
4 - Yves Parlier (Fra, Cacolac d'Aquitaine) : 125d02h42'24
5 - Nandor Fa (Hungary, K&H Banque Matav) : 128d16h05'04
6 - José de Ugarte (Spain, Euskadi Europ 93 BBK) : 134d05h04'00
7 - Jean-Yves Hasselin (Fra, PRB/Solo Nantes) : 153d05h14'00

1989-1990

1 - Titouan Lamazou  (Fra, Ecureuil d'Aquitaine II) : 109d8h48'50
2 - Loïck Peyron (Fra, Lada Poch) : 110d01h18'06
3 - Jean-Luc Van den Heede (Fra, 36.15 MET) : 112d01h14'00
4 - Philippe Jeantot (Fra, Crédit Agricole IV) : 113d23h47'47
5 - Pierre Follenfant (Fra, TBS-Charente Maritime) : 114d21h09'06
6 - Alain Gautier (Fra, Generali Concorde) : 132d13h01'48
7 - Jean-François Coste (Fra, Cacharel) : 163d01h19'20