Vendee Globe - 5/40 - Scuttlebutt Sailing News

Yannick Bestaven leads at Cape Horn

January 2nd, 2021

(January 2, 2021; Day 56) – Alone, surfing north eastwards in the grip of stormy winds and seas, passing 85

January 1st, 2021

(January 1, 2021; Day 55) – Waves as high as a three story building and winds gusting to 55 knots

December 31st, 2020

(December 31, 2020; Day 54) – After more than one month in the Southern latitudes, Vendée Globe leader Yannick Bestaven

December 30th, 2020

(December 30, 2020; Day 53) – For the top group on the Vendée Globe simultaneously the atmosphere is electrifying, stressful

December 29th, 2020

(December 29, 2020; Day 52) – With 1450 miles to Cape Horn, a nasty low pressure system is converging with

December 28th, 2020

(December 28, 2020; Day 51) – On the Vendée Globe front line the Christmas truce is over. Days of light

December 27th, 2020

(December 27, 2020; Day 50) – Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ IV) shows again today why he is the leader of

December 26th, 2020

(December 26, 2020; Day 49) – Like a sci-fi monster which constantly evolves and won’t lie down and die, the

December 25th, 2020

(December 25, 2020; Day 48) – Charlie Dalin (Apivia) goes on the record as the Christmas Number 1 on the

December 24th, 2020

(December 24, 2020; Day 47) – Strategies are now diverging significantly between the leading two skippers Thomas Ruyant and Charlie