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Several weeks before departure this Sunday, November 10, 2024, Sébastien Marsset, skipper of the Imoca Foussier, told our journalist how he would manage food, sleep, hygiene and exchanges with his family. Also find our publications until the start of the race around the world.

And we start at the end with this “Tit for tat interview” by Sébastien Marsset made in front of his monohull:

▶ Vendée Globe 2024. Sébastien Marsset: “My ritual? Don’t miss a meal! »

In the family chapter, he talks about his family, his two children and his wife. We met Lisa Marsset:

▶ Vendée Globe 2024. Lisa Marsset, skipper’s wife: “Obviously, we are apprehensive”

And then it’s the day of departure, live, the skippers including Sébastien Marsset, in tears, film their emotion:

▶ VIDEO. Vendée Globe 2024. They will sail 45,000 km non-stop

But who are these skippers, 34 men and 6 women, who took the start in Les Sables d’Olonne?

▶ Vendée Globe 2024. Who are the forty skippers in the running?

Did you know? Two sailboats at the start of the 2024 Vendée Globe were built in Nantes:

▶ Two sailboats built in Nantes at the start of the Vendée Globe

The boat builders and skippers of the Vendée Globe, contacted by the Atlantic shipyards, with a view to future sailing ships:

▶ Vendée Globe. Offshore racing specialists inspire the return of sail propulsion