Sunday November 10, at 1:02 p.m., the Vendée Globe fleet will set sail for a perilous journey around the world lasting almost three months.
Descent of the Atlantic, crossing of the Indian and the Pacific then back up the Atlantic: the route consists of a tour of the globe from west to east.
24,300 miles, or 45,000 kilometers to cover alone, without stopover and without assistance. This is the superhuman challenge that the participants of the Vendée Globe will attempt to take on. For this anniversary edition, the 10th of the legendary ocean race launched in 1989, the contenders for this world tour are more numerous than ever.
At the end of a grueling qualification campaign, marked by three transatlantic races in one year, there are 40 skippers, a record, including six women, to weigh anchor, Sunday November 10, at 1:02 p.m., from Les Sables-d ‘Olonne.
Once launched, they will embark on an unpredictable journey lasting nearly three months. These extreme sailors will descend the Atlantic, cross the Doldrums, an intertropical convergence zone where nature does as it pleases, then head towards the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
On their journey, they will leave the three major capes (Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn) on the port side before heading up the Atlantic again for a return to Vendée expected in mid-January, for the fastest in the fleet.
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