Vendéeglobe: the Formula 1 of the sea

[exile]

While I cannot find information on the water depth at Point Nero, I rather suspect that something a lot more sophisticated than diving gear would be needed. Bathysphere?

[Biloute]

While I cannot find information on the water depth at Point Nero, I rather suspect that something a lot more sophisticated than diving gear would be needed. Bathysphere?

ChatGPT says 4,000 meters in Point Nemo...
A bathysphere only descended to 923 m but the bathyscaphe Trieste descended almost to the bottom of the Mariana Trench at 10,916 m

[Biloute]

Unbelievable ! After nearly 20,000 nm traveled, and having rounded Cape Horn, the 2 leaders are separated by only 0.9 nm... That is a difference of 0.005%. There is no doubt that Yoann and Charlie will keep the suspense going until the finish. If they continue at this pace, they should arrive in 18 days.

[rabbit]

Biloute, That is incredible. It must also be comforting to have a competitor in sight in that location

[Biloute]

<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Biloute, C'est incroyable. Ça doit aussi être réconfortant d'avoir un concurrent en vue à cet endroit</font></font>

If the pace does not slow down, they will have travelled around the world in 61 days, while previous races took 74, 78, 80 and 84 days.

[Blaze]

Another abandon, Yannick Besteven who's had to put into Ushuaia after problems with steering and damage to the hull. He hopes to get repairs done then finish the course as a non-competitor.
These boats are built for speed and don't always have the capacity to stand up to the violence of the southern seas. That said, it's a practical way of testing new materials and methods of construction.
Pip Hare has reached Melbourne safely with a jury rig using a spinnaker pole and a small jib after her mast broke :

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[Biloute]

Charlie Dalin winner: congratulations to him and his team.
64 days 19 hours 22 minutes! Almost 10 days less than the previous record

[Blaze]

Fantastic run by Charlie Dalin with others not far behind. But I think Violette Dorange will get the biggest welcome when she arrives. At 23 years old, she's done remarkably well.

[Polarengineer]

You may be interested in another race every year which is the engineering challenge cup. When working in Holland for John Brown Engineering, the office director Aad de Ruyter set up a race between engineering companies, this was back in 1993-1994. It is still going and the next is in Sardinia with some 49 boats. My only interest is that I designed and made the ecc trophy which had to be dismantel-able for traveling.

[Biloute]

You may be interested in another race every year which is the engineering challenge cup. When working in Holland for John Brown Engineering, the office director Aad de Ruyter set up a race between engineering companies, this was back in 1993-1994. It is still going and the next is in Sardinia with some 49 boats. My only interest is that I designed and made the ecc trophy which had to be dismantel-able for traveling.

Aad de Ruyter: is he a descendant of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter who defeated the English fleet in 1672/73?