Charlie Dalin is expected tomorrow in Les Sables d’Olonne, where he should not only take first place but also the event record currently held by another skipper.
That’s it! After more than two months at sea, the first participants in the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe will begin to arrive in Les Sables d’Olonne. In the lead, Charlie Dalin who is in the 64th day of racing, and is this Monday, January 13 less than a day from winning first place. It would be a first in his career. In addition to winning the Vendée Globe, he should also win another title: that of record holder. The skipper of Macif Santé Prévoyance should, barring disaster, break the solo circumnavigation time record.
What is the Vendée Globe record?
Currently, this speed record is set to 74 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes and 46 seconds. He is owned since 2017 by Armel Le Cléac’ha regular on the Vendée Globe podium since he finished second during the 2008-2009 and 2012-2013 editions, and first in 2016-2017. During this one, he beat François Gabart’s record from the previous edition by almost 4 days.
On the women’s sideIt is Clarisse Crémer who sets the women’s speed record of 87 days, 2 hours, 24 minutes and 25 seconds during the 2020-2021 edition. She then came in twelfth position.
For the moment, the Frenchwoman is in eleventh positionjust behind her colleague Justine Mettraux. The Swiss skipper Justine Mettraux who is leading the women in the 10th edition, according to the Vendée Globe ranking, which is regularly updated. She is 3548.20 nautical miles from the finish, and 3338.92 nautical miles from leader Charlie Dalin.
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