Vendée Globe

Route of the Vendée Globe

The Vendée Globe is a non-stop regatta for single-handed sailors , which leads around the globe along the Southern Ocean in the area of ​​the Roaring Forties and is therefore the toughest one-handed regatta in the world (→ sailing regattas around the world ).

Start and finish are on the French Atlantic coast. Open 60 monohull boats are eligible to start . The regatta was invented in 1989 by the French sailor and deep-sea diver Philippe Jeantot . The Vendée Globe has been held every four years since 1992.

Course and rules

The start and finish of the race are in front of Les Sables-d'Olonne in the Vendée department in France . The regatta takes place every four years and always starts in November. The start date is based on the meteorological conditions in the South Pacific . In order to achieve the best media presence, a Sunday is always chosen as the starting date. The participants have to sail over 24,000 nautical miles (44,448 kilometers) around the world without any help or without entering land. The Cape of Good Hope , Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn are to be left on port and the Antarctic on starboard . During the various events, further fixed points or virtual gates became a mandatory part of the route, for example to prevent the course from being dangerously south-facing through the Arctic Ocean, which the race committee has declared as a prohibited zone.

Antarctic Exclusion Zone (2016/2017)

For the 2016/2017 race, an Antarctic Exclusion Zone (AEZ) was created using a continuous line. The boundary line consists of the connection of individual points that are approximately 5 ° apart. The penetration into the AEZ can be punished by an international jury with a time penalty from 24 hours up to the disqualification, if the participant in question does not cross the line at the same point or further west to the north at which he crossed it.

The AEZ was expanded by two areas for 2020/2021. According to the organizers, this step was necessary to take account of the faster melting Antarctic ice and the resulting higher volume of drift ice. In consultation with the Australian rescue organizations, it was also decided to move the zone in the area of ​​Australia to 46º South in order to be able to react more quickly to an emergency, since rescue workers are then less than 1000 nautical miles away. This was a particular response to the rescue of Yann Eliés in 2008.

history

The race, inspired by the famous regatta of the Golden Globe Race in 1968, was launched in 1989 by the sailor Philippe Jeantot and has taken place every four years since 1992. It is mostly contested by French participants. The regatta runs largely through the stormy and extremely dangerous Antarctic waters of the Roaring Forties and therefore places the highest demands on the participants. Serious accidents have occurred several times. In the regatta of 1992/1993, the participant Nigel Burgess probably died on the first night of the race in the Bay of Biscay . In 1996/1997, the participant Gerry Roufs went missing in a hurricane in the South Pacific. In the same storm, three other boats overturned, whose participants were rescued in dramatic actions. These events led to a rethinking of the security of the Open 60 class rules ; Since then, the boats have had to straighten themselves up again after capsizing .

Winners list

run	Skipper	Time result
1989/90	Titouan Lamazou	109 days 08:48:50 hrs.
1992/93	Alain Gautier	110 days 02:22:35 hrs.
1996/97	Christophe Auguin	105 days 20:31 hrs.
2000/01	Michel Desjoyeaux	093 days 03:57 hrs.
2004/05	Vincent Riou	087 days 10:47:55 hrs.
2008/09	Michel Desjoyeaux (2)	084 days 03:09:08 h
2012/13	François Gabart	078 days 02:16:40 hrs.
2016/17	Armel Le Cléac'h	074 days 03:35:46 hrs.
2020/21	Yannick Bestaven	080 days 03:44:46 hrs.

Records

The current record is held by Frenchman Armel Le Cléac'h with 74 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes and 46 seconds (2016/17). The Frenchman François Gabart was the youngest winner of all races so far in 2012/2013 at the age of 29.

Best overall times of all regattas

place	Skipper	Time result	run
01	Armel Le Cléac'h	74 T 03 h 35 min 46 s	2016/17
02	Alex Thomson	74 T 19 h 35 min 15 s	2016/17
03	François Gabart	78 T 02 h 16 min 40 s	2012/13
04th	Armel Le Cléac'h	78 T 05 h 33 min 52 s	2012/13
05	Jérémie Beyou	78 T 06 h 38 min 40 s	2016/17
06th	Jean-Pierre Dick	80 T 01 h 45 min 45 s	2016/17
07th	Yann Elies	80 T 03 h 11 min 09 s	2016/17
08th	Yannick Bestaven	80 T 03 h 19 min 46 s	2020/21
09	Jean Le Cam	80 T 04 h 41 min 54 s	2016/17
10	Charlie Dalin	80 T 06 h 15 min 47 s	2020/21

Best split times

Alex Thomson reached the equator on November 16, 2016, after nine days, seven hours and three minutes . It was 28 hours faster than Jean Le Cam in 2004.

On November 24, 2016, Alex Thomson also circled the Cape of Good Hope after just 17 days, 22 hours and 58 minutes . In 2012 it took Armel Le Cléac'h 22 days, 23 hours and 46 minutes to complete the same route.

On December 5, 2016, after just 28 and 29 days respectively, Armel Le Cléac'h and Alex Thomson reached the southern tip of Australia , Cape Leeuwin, and were five days faster than the record holder from 2012, Armel Le Cléac'h.

In 2016 Armel Le Cléac'h needed 47 days and 32 minutes for the route to Cape Horn and improved the record time by around 5 days.

Previous regattas

2020/21

This section describes a current event . The information can therefore change quickly.

The Vendée Globe started on November 8, 2020 in Les Sables-d'Olonne on the French Atlantic coast. For the first time in the history of the event, Boris Herrmann was a German participant among the 33 sailors from eight nations who started .

Among the participants are a total of six women, including the German-French Isabelle Joschke , as well as Alexia Barrier, Clarisse Cremer, Samantha Davies , Pip Hare and Miranda Merron. Two of the participants are for the fifth time, another 2 for the fourth, another 2 for the third and nine are there for the second time. Eighteen sailors are newcomers to the Vendée Globe.

One of the participating yachts has already made it around the world five times and another eight four times.

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  Yannick Bestaven (FRA)
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  Winner boat 2020/21:
  Maître CoQ IV
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  Charlie Dalin (FRA)
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  First Ship Home 2020/21:
  Apivia

rank	Nation - participant	yacht	Foils	time	retired on ...
01	Yannick Bestaven	Maître Coq IV	Yes	80 days 03:19:46 hours (including 10:15 a.m. time credit due to a rescue operation)
02	Charlie Dalin	Apivia	Yes	80 days 06:15:47 hrs.
03	Louis Burton	Bureau Vallée 2	Yes	80 days 10:25:12 hrs.
04th	Jean Le Cam	Yes We Cam!		80 days 13:44:55 hours (including 16:15 time credit for a rescue mission)
05	Boris Herrmann	Seaexplorer - Yacht Club De Monaco	Yes	80 days 14:59:45 hours (including 6h time credit due to a rescue mission)
06th	Thomas Ruyant	Linkedout	Yes	80 days 15:22:01 hrs.
07th	Damien Seguin	Groupe Apicil		80 days 21:58:20 hrs.
08th	Giancarlo Pedote	Prysmian Group	Yes	80 days 22:42:20 hrs.
09	Benjamin Dutreux	Omia - Water Family		81 days 19:45:20 hrs.
10	Maxime Sorel	V and B - Mayenne		82 days 14:30:15 hrs.
11	Armel Tripon	L'Occitane En Provence	Yes	84 days 17:07:50 hrs.
	Romain Attanasio	Pure - Best Western
	Alexia Barrier	TSE - 4myplanet
	Jérémie Beyou	Charal	Yes
	Arnaud Boissières	La Mie Câline - Artisans Artipole
	Didac Costa	One Planet One Ocean
	Manuel cousin	Groupe Sétin
	Clarisse Cremer	Banque Populaire X
	Clement Giraud	Compagnie Du Lit / Jiliti
	Pip Hare	Medallia
	Ari Huusela	Strong
	Stéphane Le Diraison	Time for Oceans	Yes
	Miranda Merron	Campagne De France
	Alan Roura	La Fabrique	Yes
	Kojiro Shiraishi	DMG Mori	Yes
––	Sébastien Destremau	Merci		––	January 16, 2021 after various damage (crack in the bow , autopilot and steering defective)
––	/ Isabelle Joschke	MACSF	Yes	––	January 10, 2021 after hydraulic damage
––	Fabrice Amedeo	Newrest - Art & Fenêtres	Yes	––	December 11, 2020 after failure of the on-board computer
––	Samantha Davies	Initiatives-coeur	Yes	––	0December 5, 2020 after keel damage .
––	Sébastien Simon	Arkea - Paprec	Yes	––	0December 4, 2020 after damage to the starboard foil.
––	Kevin Escoffier	PRB	Yes	––	November 30, 2020 after water ingress / shipwreck . After Mayday , rescue by Jean Le Cam
––	Alex Thomson	Hugo Boss	Yes	––	November 28, 2020 after row damage .
––	Nicolas Troussel	Corum L'Épargne	Yes	––	November 16, 2020 after mast break .

2016/17

For the first time in the history of the event, there was no woman among the 29 skippers from 10 nations who started on November 6, 2016. Eleven sailors were eliminated. On January 19, 2017, Armel Le Cléac'h was the first to cross the finish line.

At the start of the regatta, 45 television stations, more than ever before, reported in over 190 countries. New to the 8th, the regatta the seven boats were the 60 open- fleet will set lift wing , known as hydrofoils (: or simply Foils ). This redesign was first used by Guillaume Verdier and the boat architects Van Peteghem Lauriot-Prévost .

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  Armel Le Cléac'h
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  The 1st boat at the finish: Banque populaire VIII
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  Alex Thomson
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  The 2nd boat at the finish line: Hugo Boss

rank	Nation - participant	yacht	Foils	time	retired on ...
01	Armel Le Cléac'h	Banque Populaire VIII	Yes	074 days 03:35:46 hrs.
02	Alex Thomson	Hugo Boss	Yes	074 days 19:35:15 hrs.
03	Jérémie Beyou	Maitre COQ	Yes	078 days 06:38:40 hrs.
04th	Jean-Pierre Dick	StMichel - Vibrac	Yes	080 days 01:45:45 hours
05	Yann Elies	Quéguiner - Leucémie Espoir		080 days 03:11:09 hrs.
06th	Jean Le Cam	Finistere Mer Vent		080 days 04:41:54 hrs.
07th	Louis Burton	Bureau Vallée		087 days 21:45:49 hrs.
08th	Nandor company	Spirit Of Hungary		093 days 22:52:09 hrs.
09	Eric Bellion	Commeunseulhomme		099 days 04:56:20 hours
10	Arnaud Boissières	La Mie Câline		102 days 20:24:09 hrs.
11	Fabrice Amedeo	Newrest - Matmut		103 days 21:01:00 hrs.
12th	Alan Roura	La Fabrique		105 days 20:10:32 hrs.
13th	Rich Wilson	Great American IV		107 days 00:48:18 hrs.
14th	Didac Costa	One Planet - One Ocean		108 days 19:50:45 hrs.
15th	Romain Attanasio	Famille Mary - Etamine Du Lys		109 days 22:04:00 hrs.
16	/ Conrad Colman	100% natural energy		110 days 01:58:41 hrs.
17th	Pieter Heerema	No way back	Yes	116 days 09:24:12 hrs.
18th	Sébastien Destremau	Technofirst - Faceocean		124 days 12:38:18 hrs.
––	Enda O'Coineen	Kilcullen Voyager - Team Ireland		––	0January 2nd, 2017 after a mast break on January 1st, south of New Zealand. O'Coineen reached Les Sables-d'Olonne in Thomas Ruyant's ship on April 1, 2018, after a year and 146 days.
––	Paul Meilhat	SMA		––	December 24, 2016 after a defect in the tilt keel hydraulics on December 20 near Point Nemo in the South Pacific.
––	Stéphane Le Diraison	Compshmor Du Lit - Boulogne Billancourt		––	December 23, 2016 after a mast break on December 17, south of Australia.
––	Thomas Ruyant	Le Souffle Du Nord Pour Le Projet Imagine		––	UFO on December 18th near New Zealand.
––	Sébastien Josse	Edmond De Rothschild ; current boat name Malizia II	Yes	––	0December 7th, 2016 after an accident with the port foil on December 5th off Cape Leeuwin.
––	Kito De Pavant	Bastide Otio		––	0December 7, 2016 due to sinking ship after colliding with a sperm whale on December 6 near the Crozet Islands.
––	Kojiro Shiraishi	Spirit Of Yokoh		––	0December 4, 2016 after a mast break in front of the Cape of Good Hope.
––	Tanguy De Lamotte	Initiatives Coeur		––	November 28, 2016 after a mast break on November 14 in front of Cape Verde.
––	Morgan Lagraviere	saffron	Yes	––	November 24, 2016 due to broken rudder after collision with UFO off the Cape of Good Hope.
––	Vincent Riou	PRB		––	November 20, 2016 through a broken keel after colliding with a UFO in the South Atlantic.
––	Bertrand De Broc	MACSF		––	November 18, 2016 on the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha through a broken keel after collision with a UFO (here: “unidentified floating object”) off Portugal.

2012/13

The Vendée Globe 2012/2013 started on November 10, 2012 in Les Sables-d'Olonne.

On January 27, 2013, the Frenchman François Gabart reached the destination on the west coast of France in 78 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes and 40 seconds. At 29 years old, he is the youngest winner of this competition.

The eventual winner Gabart on Macif on the exit from Les Sables

place	Skipper	country	boat	time
1	François Gabart		Macif	078 days 02:16:40 hrs.
2	Armel Le Cléac'h		Banque popular	078 days 05:33:52 hrs.
3	Alex Thomson		Hugo Boss	080 days 19:23:43 hrs.
4th	Jean-Pierre Dick		Virbac-Paprec 3	086 days 03:03:40 hrs.
5	Jean Le Cam		SynerCiel	088 days 00:12:58 hrs.
6th	Mike Golding		Gamesa	088 days 06:36:26 hrs.
7th	Dominique Wavre		Mirabaud	090 days 03:14:42 hrs.
8th	Arnaud Boissières		Akena Vérandas	091 days 02:09:02 hrs.
9	Bertrand de Broc		Votre Nom near you Monde	092 days 17:10:14 hrs.
10	Tanguy de Lamotte		Initiatives-Cœur	098 days 21:56:10 hrs.
11	Alessandro Di Benedetto		Team Plastique	104 days 02:34:30 hrs.
-	Marc Guillemot		saffron	cancellation
-	Kito de Pavant		Groupe Bel	cancellation
-	Louis Burton		Bureau Vallée	cancellation
-	Samantha Davies		Savéol	cancellation
-	Jérémie Beyou		Maitre CoQ	cancellation
-	Zbigniew Gutkowski		Energa	cancellation
-	Vincent Riou		PRB	cancellation
-	Bernard tribe		Fireplace poujoulat	disqualification
-	Javier Sansó		Acciona 100% Ecopowered	cancellation

Disqualified

• Bernard Stamm (CH, Cheminées Poujoulat) for accepting unauthorized, albeit insignificant, third-party help with anchoring to repair the hydrogen generators . He finished the race out of valuation - according to unofficial timekeeping after 88 days 10h 27min 10s.

2008/09

→ Main article : Vendée Globe 2008/2009

The winning boat 2008/09: Foncia

In 2008, the sixth edition started on November 9th with 30 participants, including two women, and ended on February 1st, 2009 with the victory of Michel Desjoyeaux .

19 participants were eliminated in the course of the race, only eleven made it to the finish.

Vincent Riou retired at Cape Horn with a broken mast. However, since he had caused the damage to himself during the rescue operation of Jean Le Cam, the jury placed him in third place in the overall ranking.

place	Skipper	country	boat	time
1	Michel Desjoyeaux		Foncia	084 days 03:09:08 h
2	Armel Le Cléac'h		Brit Air	089 days 09:39:35 hrs.
3	Marc Guillemot		saffron	095 days 03:19:36 hrs.
3	Vincent Riou		PRB	3rd place by the jury
4th	Samantha Davies		Roxy	095 days 04:39:01 hrs.
5	Brian Thompson		Bahrain Team Pindar	098 days 20:29:55 hrs.
6th	Dee Caffari		Aviva	099 days 01:01:57 hrs.
7th	Arnaud Boissières		Akena Vérandas	105 days 02:33:50 hrs.
8th	Steve White		Toe In The Water	109 days 00:36:55 hrs.
9	Rich Wilson		Great American III	121 days 00:41:19 h
10	Raphaël Dinelli		Fondation Océan Vital	125 days 02:32:34 hrs.
11	Norbert Sedlacek		Nauticsport Kapsch	126 days 05:31:56 hrs.
-	Yannick Bestaven		Aquarelle.com - Charente Maritime	cancellation
-	Kito de Pavant		Groupe Bel	cancellation
-	Alex Thomson		Hugo Boss	cancellation
-	Jérémie Beyou		Delta Dore	cancellation
-	Unai Basurko		Pakea Bizkaia	cancellation
-	Dominique Wavre		Temenos II	cancellation
-	Bernard tribe		Fireplace poujoulat	cancellation
-	Loïck Peyron		Gitana Eighty	cancellation
-	Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty		Maisonneuve	cancellation
-	Mike Golding		Ecover	cancellation
-	Yann Éliès		Generali	cancellation
-	Derek Hatfield		Algimouss Spirit of Canada	cancellation
-	Sébastien Josse		BT	cancellation
-	Jean-Pierre Dick		Virbac-Paprec	cancellation
-	Jonny Malbon		Artemis	cancellation
-	Jean Le Cam		VM Matériaux	cancellation
-	Vincent Riou		PRB	cancellation
-	Roland Jourdain		Veolia Environment	cancellation

2004/05

300,000 people watched the start of the race, which started for the first time in good weather conditions. One of the reasons why the first sailors crossed the equator after only ten days, three days faster than ever before. In addition, all sailors were still in the race.

The problems started in the Roaring Forties: Alex Thomson had to run to Cape Town for repairs. Hervé Laurent had to retire due to problems with the rudder and Thomson had to retire for good. Conrad Humphreys had to anchor to fix his oar. Later the fleet passed through an area with a lot of drift ice, where Sébastien Josse collided with an iceberg.

On the way back across the Atlantic, the leadership position changed several times. It was an exciting race until the end; three boats crossed the finish line within 29 hours.

2004/05 winner: Vincent Riou

place	Skipper	country	boat	time
1	Vincent Riou		PRB	087 days 10:47:55 hrs.
2	Jean Le Cam		Bonduelle	087 days 17:20:08 hrs.
3	Mike Golding		Ecover	088 days 15:15:13 hrs.
4th	Dominique Wavre		Temenos	092 days 17:13:20 hrs.
5	Sébastien Josse		VMI	093 days 00:02:10 h
6th	Jean-Pierre Dick		Virbac-Paprec	098 days 03:49:38 hrs.
7th	Conrad Humphreys		Hellomoto	104 days 14:32:24 hrs.
8th	Joe Seeten		Arcelor-Dunkerque	104 days 23:02:45 hrs.
9	Bruce Schwab		Ocean planet	109 days 19:58:57 hrs.
10	Benoît Parnaudeau		Max Havelaar / Best Western	116 days 01:06:54 hrs.
11	Anne Liardet		Roxy	119 days 05:28:40 hrs.
12th	Raphaël Dinelli		Akena verandas	125 days 04:07:14 h
13th	Karen Leibovici		Benefic	126 days 08:02:20 hrs.
-	Alex Thomson		Hugo Boss	cancellation
-	Marc Thiercelin		Pro form	cancellation
-	Roland Jourdain		Sill et Veolia	cancellation
-	Norbert Sedlacek		Brother	cancellation
-	Patrice Carpentier		VM Matériaux	cancellation
-	Nick Moloney		Skandia	cancellation
-	Hervé Laurent		UUDS	cancellation

2000/01

The fourth edition of the Vendée Globe was postponed to November 9, 2000 after a four-day postponement due to bad weather in Les Sables-d'Olonne. In this race there were 24 boats at the start and 15 at the finish as there were several failures. Michel Desjoyeaux won a new record for this event on February 10, 2001 after 93 days, 3 hours and 57 minutes.

Yves Parlier broke the mast while lying in the leading trio. It took him a month to repair his boat on his own and finished the race under the rigging, arriving 33 days after the winner.

Michel Desjoyeaux

Great reception for Michel Desjoyeaux in Les Sables

place	Skipper	country	boat	time
1	Michel Desjoyeaux		PRB	093 days 03:57 hrs.
2	Ellen MacArthur		Kingfisher	094 days 04:25 hrs.
3	Roland Jourdain		Sill Matines La potagère	096 days 01:02 h
4th	Marc Thiercelin		Active wear	102 days 20:37 h
5	Dominique Wavre		Union bancaire privée	105 days 02:45 hrs.
6th	Thomas Coville		Sodebo	105 days 07:24 hrs.
7th	Mike Golding		Team Group 4	110 days 16:22 hrs.
8th	Bernard Gallay	/	Voila.fr	111 days 16:07 h
9	Josh Hall		Gartmore	111 days 19:48 h
10	Joé Seeten		Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Chocolats du Monde	115 days 16:46 hrs.
11	Patrice Carpentier		VM Matériaux	116 days 00:32 hrs.
12th	Simone Bianchetti		Aquarelle.com	121 days 01:28 hrs.
13th	Yves Parlier		Aquitaine Innovations	126 days 23:36 hrs.
14th	Didier Munduteguy	'	DDP / Sud	135 days 15:17 hrs.
15th	Pasquale de Gregorio		Wind Telecommunicazioni	158 days 02:37 hrs.
-	Catherine Chabaud		Whirlpool	cancellation
-	Raphaël Dinelli		Sogal Extenso	cancellation
-	Javier Sansó		Old Spice	cancellation
-	Eric Dumont		Euroka Services	cancellation
-	Richard Tolkien		This Time - Argos - Help For Autistic Children	cancellation
-	Bernard tribe		Armor-lux / foies grass	cancellation
-	Patrick de Radiguès		Libre Belgique	cancellation

1996/97

The third edition of the Vendée Globe was launched on November 3, 1996 in Les Sables-d'Olonne. In this race there were 15 boats at the start and 6 at the finish, as there were numerous cancellations due to the difficult conditions. The 1996–1997 edition of the Vendée Globe is the last whose course simply consists of leaving the 3 capes to port with no other waypoints.

The boats that were allowed to take part in this race are monohull sailing boats with a length of about 18 meters. These boats had to comply with the latest IMOCA 60-foot class rules. New regulations were issued at the request of the sailors. Weather data was now sent to each of the participants by satellite. In addition, a professional medical service was created that was available 24 hours a day by fax or radio.

Winner boat 1996/97: Geodis

place	Skipper	country	boat	time
1	Christophe Auguin		Geodis	105 days 20:31 hrs.
2	Marc Thiercelin		Crédit immobilier de France	113 days 08:26 hrs.
3	Hervé Laurent		ÉGroupe LG-Traitmat	114 days 16:43 hrs.
4th	Eric Dumont		Café Legal-Le Goût	116 days 16:43 hrs.
5	Pete Goss		Aqua quorum	126 days 21:25 hrs.
6th	Catherine Chabaud		Whirlpool Europe 2	140 days 04:38 hrs.
-	Isabelle Autissier		PRB	cancellation
-	Yves Parlier		Aquitaine Innovations	cancellation
-	Bertrand de Broc		Votre nom near you monde	cancellation
-	Tony Bullimore		Exide Challenger	cancellation
-	Thierry Dubois		Pour Amnesty International	cancellation
-	Nándor company		Budapest	cancellation
-	Didier Munduteguy		Club Sud	cancellation
-	Patrick de Radiguès		Afibel	cancellation
-	Gerry Roufs		Groupe LG 2	lost

1992/93

The second edition of the Vendée Globe was launched on November 22, 1992 in Les Sables-d'Olonne. In this race there were fifteen boats at the start and seven at the finish. Mike Plant disappeared at sea before reaching the starting line at Les Sables-d'Olonne. The hull of his overturned coyote was found on the day of launch. On the first night of the race, Nigel Burgess disappeared in the Bay of Biscay. Bertrand de Broc sewed his tongue on himself after an injury. After a mast break, Philippe Poupon finishes the race on March 11th under auxiliary rigging. This is the first time that a boat designed by the Finot-Conq group has won the Vendée Globe, which is also the case for the 1996–1997, 2000–2001 and 2004–2005 editions.

Winner 1992/93: Alain Gautier

place	Skipper	country	boat	time
1	Alain Gautier		Bagages Superior	110 days 02:22:35 hrs.
2	Jean-Luc Van Den Heede		Groupe Sofap-Helvim	116 days 15:01:11 hrs.
3	Philippe Poupon		Fleury Michon X	117 days 03:34:24 hrs.
4th	Yves Parlier		Cacolac d'Aquitaine	125 days 02:42:24 hrs.
5	Nándor company		K&H Bank Matav	128 days 16:05:04 hrs.
6th	José de Ugarte		Euskadi Europ 93 BBK	134 days 05:04:00 hrs.
7th	Jean-Yves Hasselin		PRB / Solo Nantes	153 days 05:14:00 hrs.
-	Bernard Gallay	/	Vuarnet Watches	cancellation
-	Vittorio Mallingri		Everlast Neil Pryde Sails	cancellation
-	Bertrand de Broc		Groupe LG	cancellation
-	Alan Wynne-Thomas		Cardiff Discovery	cancellation
-	Loïck Peyron		Fujicolor III	cancellation
-	Thierry Arnaud		Maître Coq / Le Monde informatique	cancellation
-	Nigel Burgess		Nigel Burgess Yachts	deceased
-	Mike Plant		Coyote	lost before the start

1989/90

Winner 1989/90: Titouan Lamazou

The Vendée Globe 1989–1990, officially the Vendée Globe Challenge, was the first edition of the Vendée Globe. The start took place on November 26, 1989 in Les Sables-d'Olonne. In this race, thirteen boats started and seven crossed the finish line. The winner was Titouan Lamazou on March 15, 1990 after a distance of 109 days, 8 hours, 48 ​​minutes and 50 seconds, creating the first reference of the event, which will be considered a record until the 1996-1997 edition.

place	Skipper	country	boat	time
1	Titouan Lamazou		Écureuil d'Aquitaine II	109 days 08:48:50 hrs.
2	Loïck Peyron		Lada Poch	110 days 01:18:06 hrs.
3	Jean-Luc Van Den Heede		36.15 MET	112 days 01:14:00 hrs.
4th	Philippe Jeantot		Crédit Agricole IV	113 days 23:47:47 h
5	Pierre Follenfant		TBS-Charente Maritime	114 days 21:09:06 hrs.
6th	Alain Gautier		Generali Concorde	132 days 13:01:48 hrs.
7th	Jean-François Coste		Cacharel	163 days 01:19:20 hrs.
-	Patrice Carpentier		Le Nouvel Observateur	cancellation
-	Mike Plant		Duracell	cancellation
-	Bertie Reed		Grinaker	cancellation
-	Jean-Yves Terlain		UAP	cancellation
-	Philippe Poupon		Fleury Michon X	cancellation
-	Guy Bernardin		OK	cancellation

literature

• Ellen MacArthur: I wanted the impossible. How I sailed around the world alone . Piper / Malik, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-89029-222-4 (351 pages).
• Derek Lundy: Merciless Sea . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 1999, ISBN 3-7688-1146-8 .

Web links

Commons : Vendée Globe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Vendée Globe website (English / French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Presentation - Vendée Globe - En. Retrieved January 28, 2021 (English). 
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