After beating Michel Desjoyaux's time crossing the Indian Ocean in the Vendée Globe, Charlie Dalin now threatens the record for the event, held since 2017 by Armel Le Cléac'h.
It's confirmed, Charlie Dalin completed a superb crossing of the Indian Ocean in the Vendée Globe. The skipper of Macif even broke a record dating back 16 years, and which belonged to the only double winner in the history of the race, Michel Desjoyaux.
In 2008, the “Professor” took 10 days, 7 hours and 37 minutes to go from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Leeuwin. On this stretch, no one did better in 2012, 2016 or 2020, despite the improvement in the boats' performances. But Charlie Dalin beat the time of 9 hours and 10 minutes, reaching South West Australia 9 days, 22 hours and 27 minutes after leaving the Atlantic Ocean.
Cléac'h in Dalin's viewfinder
Thanks to a risky but profitable southern option, Charlie Dalin achieved a superb run. And the native of Le Havre clearly got back on track to threaten the historic record of Armel Le Cléac'h, winner in 2016-2017.
Passing the Equator, after a big slowdown in the North Atlantic, Dalin was around two days behind Armel Le Cléac'h's passage times. The gap was reduced to 24 hours and 13 minutes at the Cape of Good Hope, and Dalin is now a little less than 6 hours behind his predecessor, virtually. The trend is in its favor, but the road is still very long from here to Les Sables d'Olonne.
