Sunday, November 10, 2024

Vendée Globe 2024 : the 10th edition is coming


 
The Vendée Globe covers 45,000 km (24,300 miles) around the world! 
Starting from Les Sables d'Olonne, the race passes through the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, before returning to Vendée.
To protect marine wildlife (whales, sharks...), Biodiversity Protection Zones have been established by the Share the Ocean consortium with support from the Vendée Globe Foundation.
The goal? To minimize the risk of collisions between IMOCA yachts and marine megafauna in these crucial feeding and breeding areas.
 
40 Skippers 6 Women, 34 Men
Average age: 42 
(Youngest Violette Dorange 23 with oldest boat Devenir FRA 1 (2006), 
oldest Jean Le Cam 67 with newest boat Virgile FRA 29 (2023)
16 IMOCA daggerboards / 24 IMOCA foils  (13 boats have not made a VDG)

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