An emotional evening in Les Sables d'Olonne

Some skippers ironed out on the rain, more present during this ceremony than during their journey on the seas of the globe. The public was still at the rendezvous for a nautical parade amputated from his drone show. And all the skippers were also at the rendezvous with the notable exception of the winner.

If it was Charlie Dalin who put his name on the Vendée Globe list, taking a magnificent revenge four years after having had to settle for second place, Violette Dorange, a benjamine from the top of her 24 years, was her heroine. Three months after her arrival at Les Sables d'Olonne, the navigator remains blown by the enthusiasm around her adventure. "I knew that the project was going to be a little more publicized by the fact that I was the Benj…

The award ceremony for the Vendée Globe 2024-2025 takes place this Saturday, May 10, at Les Sables-d'Olonne. The opportunity for Tip & Shaft to make a photograph of the different projects and the new cycle that opens in Imoca. 的We are in a period of transition.的 In one sentence, Antoine Mermod summarises the general context that prevails in this spring 2025 for the Imoca. 的It has escaped no one that the overall economic situation is not simple, …

Milanese, 33 years old, lives in Brittany and prepares for the legendary Vendée Globe 2028, the world tour in solitary, without ports of call and without assistance. The worst storms is better to face them at night, because you don't see what you have in front of you. Sleep management, garbage at sea, the summer spent by boat with Emergency.

This Saturday, May 10, the Vendée Globe skippers were once again celebrated in Les Sables d'Olonne with a parade of 70 boats along the channel despite the pouring rain. The Vendée Globe skippers were surrounded by iconic vessels: SNSM speedboats, trawlers, Olonnois, sailboats from the Sablais Water Sports School, the Atlantique Scaphandre fleet, and the Vendée Globe semi-rigid boats. All sailed up the channel in a beautiful procession, carried b…

An emotional evening in Les Sables d'Olonne

On Saturday 10 May, Les Sables d'Olonne lit up to celebrate the heroes of the Vendée Globe 2024-2025. An exceptional evening brought together tens of thousands of people, with strong emotions and unforgettable memories, despite the driving rain.