Vendée Globe

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Vendée Globe
File:Vendée Globe logo.svg
Current Event Logo
Founded 1989
Classes IMOCA 60
Start Les Sables-d'Olonne
Finish Les Sables-d'Olonne
Type single-handed non-stop round-the-world race
Length 24,000 nmi (44,000 km)
Most recent champion(s) Maître Coq IV
Yannick Bestaven
Most titles Michel Desjoyeaux (2)
Official website www.vendeeglobe.org

The Vendée Globe is a single-handed (solo) non-stop round the world yacht race.[1][2] The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989,[3] and since 1992 has taken place every four years. It is named after the Département of Vendée, in France, where the race starts and ends. The Vendée Globe is considered an extreme quest of individual endurance and the ultimate test in ocean racing.[4][5]

The race

History

The race was founded as "The Globe Challenge" in 1989 by French yachtsman Philippe Jeantot.[6] Jeantot had competed in the BOC Challenge in 1982–83 and 1986–87, winning the 60-foot class ("Class I") both times. The BOC Challenge was sailed in stages with sailors being given the chance to rest and repair their boats at ports around the world.[6]Unsatisfied with the race's format, he decided to set up a new round-the-world non-stop race, which he felt would be the ultimate challenge for single-handed sailors.[7]

The first race was run in 1989–90, and was won by Titouan Lamazou; Jeantot himself took part, and placed fourth.[8] The next race was in 1992–93; and it has since then been run every four years. The inaugural race included 11 Frenchmen, one South African (Bertie Reed) and one American (Mike Plant).[9]

Yachts

Hommage au Vendée Globe by Raphaël Toussaint, 1999

The race is open to monohull yachts conforming to the Open 60 class criteria. Prior to 2004, the race was also open to Open 50 boats. The Open classes are unrestricted in certain aspects, but a box rule governs parameters such as overall length, draught, appendages and stability, as well as numerous other safety features.

The race presents significant challenges; most notably the severe wind and wave conditions in the Southern Ocean, the long unassisted duration of the race, and the fact that the course takes competitors far from the reach of any normal emergency response. A significant proportion of the entrants usually retire, and in the 1996–97 race Canadian Gerry Roufs was lost at sea.[10]

Course

The race starts and finishes in Les Sables-d'Olonne, in the Département of Vendée, in France; both Les Sables d’Olonne and the Vendée Conseil Général are official race sponsors.[11] The course is essentially a circumnavigation along the clipper route: from Les Sables d’Olonne, down the Atlantic Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope; then clockwise around Antarctica, keeping Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn to port; then back to Les Sables d’Olonne.[12] The race generally covers approximately 24,000 nautical miles (44,000 km) and runs from November to February, timed to place the competitors in the Southern Ocean during the austral summer.[13]

File:Antarctic Exclusion Zone Vendée Globe 2016-2017.png
Ice Exclusion Zone

Additional waypoints may be set in the sailing instructions for a particular race, in order to ensure safety relative to ice conditions, weather, etc.[14]

The competitors may stop at anchor, but may not draw alongside a quay or another vessel; they may receive no outside assistance, including customised weather or routing information. The only exception is that a competitor who has an early problem may return to the start for repairs and then restart the race, as long as the restart is within 10 days of the official start.

Qualification

To mitigate the risks, competitors are required to undergo medical and survival courses. They must also be able to demonstrate prior racing experience; either a completed single-handed trans-oceanic race or the completion of a previous Vendée Globe. The qualifying race must have been completed on the same boat as the one the sailor will race in the Vendée Globe; or the competitor must complete an additional trans-oceanic observation passage, of not less than 2,500 miles (4,000 km), at an average speed of at least 7 knots (13 km/h), with his or her boat.

Race Editions

1st Edition: 1989–1990

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2nd Edition: 1992–1993

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3rd Edition: 1996–1997

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4th Edition: 2000–2001

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5th Edition: 2004–2005

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6th Edition: 2008–2009

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7th Edition: 2012–2013

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8th Edition: 2016–2017

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9th Edition: 2020–2021

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10th Edition: 2024–2025

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Results

Overall winners

Overall winners' times

Ed Year Skipper Boat Name 24hr Run Equator Cape of Good Hope Leeuwin Cape Horn Equator Finish Line
1 1989–1990 Titouan Lamazou Écureuil d'Aquitaine II 304 nm 109d 08h 48m
2 1992–1993 Alain Gautier Bagages Superior 339 nm 110d 02h 22m
3 1996–1997 Christophe Auguin Geodis 105d 20h 31m
4 2000–2001 Michel Desjoyeaux PRB 2 093d 03h 57m
5 2004–2005 Vincent Riou PRB 2 10d 12h 13m 24d 02h 18m 36d 09h 48m 56d 15h 13m 72d 11h 24m 086d 32h 13m
6 2008–2009 Michel Desjoyeaux Foncia 466 nm 13d 15h 41m 27d 00h 34m 37d 31h 23m 56d 15h 08m 71d 17h 12m 084d 03h 09m
7 2012–2013 François Gabart Macif 534 nm 11d 00h 20m 23d 03h 43m 34d 10h 23m 52d 06h 18m 66d 01h 39m 078d 02h 16m
8 2016–2017 Armel Le Cléac'h Banque Populaire VIII 09d 09h 56m 18d 03h 30m 28d 20h 12m 47d 00h 32m 61d 12h 21m 074d 03h 36m
9 2020–2021 Yannick Bestaven Maître Coq IV 481.8 (7th) 35d 01h 25m 55d 00h 22m 69d 13h 16m 080d 03h 44m

Farthest distance covered in 24 hours

Edition Year Skipper Boat Name nautical miles/24h
1 1989–1990 Titouan Lamazou Écureuil d'Aquitaine II 304
2 1992–1993 Alain Gautier Bagages Superior 339
3 1996–1997 Yves Parlier Aquitaine Innovations 374
4 2000–2001 Dominique Wavre Union bancaire privée 430
5 2004–2005 Roland Jourdain Sill et Veolia 439
6 2008–2009 Michel Desjoyeaux Foncia 466
7 2012–2013 François Gabart Macif 534
8 2016–2017 Alex Thomson Hugo Boss 6 536
9 2020–2021 Thomas Ruyant LinkedOut 515

Winners' participation and equipment

Skipper Previous Participation and Boat Information
Year Skipper Previous
Start/Finish (Best)		 Name of Boat Sail No. Designer Builder Year Launched Notes Ref.
1989–1990  Titouan Lamazou (FRA) N/A Écureuil d'Aquitaine II Luc Bouvet
Olivier Petit		 Chantier Capitaine Flint 1989 [15]
1992–1993  Alain Gautier (FRA) 1 / 1 6th Bagages Superior Finot-Conq CDK Technologies (FRA) 1992 Aluminum Construction [16]
1996–1997  Christophe Auguin (FRA) Never Geodis Finot-Conq JMV Industries (FRA) 1994 [17]
2000–2001  Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) Never PRB 2 FRA 85 Finot-Conq Mag (FRA) 1999 [18]
2004–2005  Vincent Riou (FRA) Never
2008–2009  Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) 1 / 1 (1st) Foncia FRA 101 Farr Yacht Design CDK Technologies (FRA) 2007 [19]
2012–2013  François Gabart (FRA) Never Macif FRA 301 Verdier / VPLP CDK Technologies (FRA)
Green Marine (GBR)		 2011 [20]
2016–2017  Armel Le Cléac'h (FRA) 2 / 2 (2nd) Banque Populaire VIII FRA 18 Verdier / VPLP CDK Technologies (FRA) 2015 [21]
2020–2021  Yannick Bestaven (FRA) 1 / 0 Maître Coq IV FRA 17 Verdier / VPLP CDK Technologies (FRA) 2015-03-02 Hydrofoil [22]
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  • Armel Le Cléac'h (17).jpg

Starters, finishers and nationalities

1989–90 1992–93 1996–97 2000–01 2004–05 2008–09 2012–13 2016–17 2020–21 Total
Finishers Overall
Total Finishers 7 7 6 15 13 12 11 18 25 114
First Time Finishers 7 5 6 13 10 9 5 11 18 84
Start/Finish Percentage 54% 50% 40% 62.5% 65% 40% 55% 62% 75.8% 56%
Male 7 7 5 14 11 10 11 18 21 104
Male - First Time 7 5 5 12 8 7 5 11 14 74
Female - - 1 1 2 2 0 - 4 10
Female - First Time - - 1 1 2 2 0 - 4 10
Starters
Total 13 14 15 24 20 30 20 29 33 198
First Time 13 10 12 15 12 16 5 14 18 115
Male 13 14 13 22 18 28 19 29 27 183
Male - First Time 13 10 10 13 10 14 4 14 13 101
Female 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 6 15
Female - First Time 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 13
Starter Age
Youngest 27* 30* 28 24 29 25 27 23 27 27
Oldest 46* 64* 57 59 49 58 57 66 61 66
Mean 38* 39* 38 39 39 41 42 44 43 40
Starters' Nationality
AUS 1 0.5 1.5
AUT 1 1 2
BEL 1 1 2
CAN 1 0.5 1 2.5
ESP 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
FIN 1 1
FRA 11 8.5 11 12.5 12.5 17 12.5 20 22 127
GBR 2 2 4 3 7 3 1 4 26
GER 1.5 1.5
HUN 1 1 1 3
ITA 1 2 0.5 1 4.5
IRL 1 1
JPN 1 1 2
NED 1 1
NZL 0.5 0.5
POL 1 1
RSA 1 1
RUS 1 1
SUI 0.5 2.5 1 2 2 1 1 10
USA 1 1 1 1.5 4.5

Note * Some sailors' dates of birth unknown

See also

IMOCA races
Other races
Former races including
Other speed sailing records

References

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