Vendee Globe - Scuttlebutt Sailing News

Sam Davies: The meaning of turning left

February 25th, 2021

With just two of the 33 skippers still competing in the 2020-21 Vendée Globe, this edition of the solo, non-stop

February 22nd, 2021

The notoriety of Cape Horn is well established in sailing history. Once a required shipping route, its southern latitude remains

February 16th, 2021

The On Course series takes a regular look at the sailing world with show host Matt Sheahan: Never has mainsheet

February 11th, 2021

Les Sables d’Olonne, France (February 11, 2021) – Kojiro Shiraishi, the 53-year-old Japanese solo skipper of DMG MORI, crossed the

February 9th, 2021

The World Sailing Speed Record Council has confirmed the establishment of two new World Records set by Clarisse Crémer (FRA)

February 3rd, 2021

Les Sables d’Olonne, France (February 3, 2021) – After a prudent, careful passage across a boisterous Bay of Biscay, negotiating

January 30th, 2021

While COVID-19 is limiting the historically massive crowds at the finish of the Vendée Globe, the excitement and respect is

January 29th, 2021

The escalating costs of the Vendée Globe for solo sailors is an increasing burden, but the pursuit of the adventure

January 28th, 2021

Les Sables d’Olonne, France (January 28, 2021) – “There are two winners in this Vendée Globe,” smiled Yannick Bestaven, 48,

January 28th, 2021

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, who became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe in 1969, shares