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Round-the-world sailor battled waves — and cancer
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» PARIS - 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 another kind of toughness altogether.
French sailor Charlie Dalin wins Vendee Globe in record time
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» LES SABLES-D'OLONNE — French mariner Charlie Dalin won the round-the-world Vendee Globe race on Tuesday, crossing the finishing line off the coast of Brittany in a record time.
Electric boat goes airborne for cleaner ocean voyage
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» SAUSALITO (UNITED STATES) - Appearing at a glance to be just a simple pleasure boat floating on the San Francisco Bay, as the hydrofoil-equipped vessel picks up speed it suddenly begins rising above the water, grabbing the attention of passengers on a nearby ferry.
France's Bestaven wins Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race
AFP, Published on 28/01/2021
» LES SABLES-D'OLONNE (FRANCE) - France's Yannick Bestaven won a dramatic Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race on Thursday after an epic, 28,000-mile solo voyage.
Dalin first to finish Vendee Globe as title rival Herrmann collides with trawler
AFP, Published on 28/01/2021
» LES SABLES-D'OLONNE (FRANCE) - French skipper Charlie Dalin was the first competitor to cross the finish line in the gruelling Vendee Globe round-the-world race on Wednesday and then saw one of his chief rivals for overall victory suffer a heartbreaking collision with a fishing boat.
French Vendee skipper Escoffier 'safe and sound' after rescue
AFP, Published on 01/12/2020
» CAPE TOWN - French Vendee Globe yachtsman Kevin Escoffier was reported "safe and sound" after being rescued from the Atlantic off the Cape of Good Hope by rival skipper Jean Le Cam in his monohull Hubert on Tuesday.
Rescue underway in Vendee Globe as skipper abandons sinking boat
AFP, Published on 01/12/2020
» AT SEA - French skipper Kevin Escoffier abandoned his PRB yacht during the Vendee Globe on Monday and was in a life raft awaiting veteran rival skipper Jean Le Cam to pick him up.
'Howler for YouTube', 'Losing ugly': Who said what this sporting weekend
AFP, Published on 23/11/2020
» PARIS - Who said what this sporting weekend:
'Gladiator' skippers prepare for ultimate test on high seas
AFP, Published on 08/11/2020
» LES SABLES-D'OLONNE (FRANCE) - Britain's Alex Thomson said that the 33 skippers who start the ninth edition of the Vendee Globe race on Sunday will feel like "gladiators" as they slide out of the channel at Les Sables-d'Olonne and on to the high seas.
The Vendee Globe: Seven things to know
AFP, Published on 07/11/2020
» LES SABLES-D'OLONNE (FRANCE) - The ninth edition of the Vendee Globe starts in Les Sables-d'Olonne on Sunday. The 33 skippers in their state-of-the-art monohulls will head off on a single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyage.