The Vendee Globe launch in Paris - 28 October.
Audio Clip courtesy Trigone/VendeeGlobe
Vendee Globe Race Participants
Sailor | Yacht | State | Built |
---|---|---|---|
Unai Basurko | Pakea Bizkaia | Spain | 2005 |
Yannick Bestaven | Energies Autour du Monde | France | 1996 |
Jérémie Beyou | Delta Dore | France | 2006 |
Arnaud Boissières | Akena Verandas | France | 1998 |
Dee Caffari | Aviva | UK | 2008 |
Samantha Davies | Roxy | UK | 2000 |
Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty | Maisonneuve | France | 2005 |
Kito de Pavant | Groupe Bel | France | 2007 |
Michel Desjoyeaux | Foncia | France | 2007 |
Jean-Pierre Dick | Paprec-Virbac | France | 2007 |
Raphaël Dinelli | Fondation Ocean Vital | France | 1996 |
Yann Eliès | Generali | France | 2007 |
Mike Golding | Ecover | UK | 2007 |
Marc Guillemot | Safran | France | 2007 |
Derek Hatfield | Spirit of Canada | Canada | 2007 |
Sébastien Josse | BT | France | 2007 |
Roland Jourdain | Veolia Environnement | France | 2004 |
Jean Le Cam | VM Matériaux | France | 2004 |
Armel Le Cléac´h | Brit Air | France | 2007 |
Jonny Malbon | Artemis | France | 2008 |
Loïck Peyron | Gitana Eighty | France | 2007 |
Vincent Riou | PRB | France | 2006 |
Norbert Sedlacek | Nauticsport-Kapsch | Austria | 1995 |
Bernard Stamm | Cheminées Poujoulat | Switzerland | 2003 |
Marc Thiercelin | DCNS | France | 2008 |
Brian Thompson | Pindar | UK | 2007 |
Alex Thompson | Hugo Boss | UK | 2007 |
Dominique Wavre | Temenos II | Switzerland | 2006 |
Steve White | Toe in the Water | UK | 1998 |
Rich Wilson | Great American III | USA | 1999 |
Vendee Globe Report List
Official Overview | Formal race summary. | |
VG Overview | Video - Race Overview. Steve's Vendee Globe race track Conquering the Globe. | |
October 18 | Steve arrives at Les Sables d’Olonne. | |
October 24 | Boat Refurbishment - Spirit of Weymouth becomes Toe in The Water | |
November 4 | Formal launch of Toe in the Water Audio - Review of the boat preparation Audio - The connection to the Toe in the Water Charity Audio - Steve's appreciation for all the support he has received. Audio - Steve's Wife gives her view of their achievement. | |
November 9 -11 | Audio - Race day - Just before the start. The 2008 Vendee Globe has started. Birthday at Sea. | |
November 12 | Audio - First Broadcast from Toe in the Water. Broadcast from Toe in the Water. Steve's first Blog. | |
November 13, 14 | Blog 2. Settling in to the race. Audio - Settling down at sea. | |
November16 | Blog 3 - Night work whilst becalmed. | |
November 17 | Blog 4 - Hot on the move again. | |
November 18 | Blog 5 - Nude nightime dances!. | |
November 19 | Call from Vendee Headquarters. Audio - Talking about the family. | |
November 20 | Blog 6 - African Visitors?. | |
November 21, 22 | Audio - The job list is getting shorter. Blog 7 - Time for a wash. | |
November 24, 25 | Audio - Steve crosses the Equator for the first time. Steve crosses the Equator. Blog 8 - Equator celebrations and bird watching. | |
November 27, 28 | Audio - Toe in the Water moves up one place. Blog 9 - Gennaker Woes, Sikaflex and Guy Cotten. | |
November 29 | Audio - Fast 24 hour progress. Audio report - Fast run in an old boat. | |
December 1, 2 | Newswire report - Steve completes his penalty. Audio - Fast and refreshed. Newswire report - Fast and refreshed. | |
December 5 | Audio - Code 5 lost at sea. Blog 10 - Why won't the boat steer. | |
December 7 | Audio - Learning the Southern Ocean. Newswire report - Learning the Southern Ocean. | |
December 9 - 12 | Audio - How long does bread last?. Blog 11 - The Code 5 story and mating weasels. Audio - Loss of Code 5 slows progress. | |
December 18, 19 | Audio - Major pilot repairs. Newswire report - Autopilot problems cause stress and slow progress. | |
December 20 | Audio - Crash tacks and pilots. Blog 12 - Why has he been so quiet?. | |
December 25 | Blog 13 - Steve's Christmas Blog. Yacht Pals Comment - The DIY King. | |
December 26, 27 | Audio - Christmas Gooseneck Problems. Audio - Good progress despite Gooseneck Problems. Newswire report - Good progress despite gooseneck problems Scuttlebutt report - Steve nominated as Seahorse Sailor Of The Month | |
December 29 | Blog 14 - Highs, lows and progress. | |
December 30 | Audio - Gooseneck repair plan. Blog 15 - The colours return. | |
December 31 | Audio - Sailing towards Australia - Uncooperative pilot. Newswire report - Pilot problems again. | |
January 1, 2 | Newswire comment - Extract from Vendee editorial. Audio - Progress once again. Blog 16 - Campbell Island Albatross Newswire report - Westerly countdown and job progress. | |
January 5 | Audio - Pleasantly wiggly progress. Newswire report - Ideal stable conditions for a change. | |
January 6 | Blog 17 - Shrimp, Albatross and Moittessier. | |
January 7 | Audio - In the high. | |
January 9 | Video - The Eigion Beam gooseneck repair. Audio - The wind returns and the jobs are done. Blog 18 - The Eigion Beam and five trips up the mast. | |
January 12 | Blog 19 - The state of the Bat cave. | |
January 13, 14 | Audio - The Bat Cave heads for the Horn. Audio - Preparation for the approaching storm. Newswire report - Progress ahead of the storm. | |
January 16 | Audio - Plans for the future. Blog 20 - Two days from the Horn. Newswire report - Gap closed by 120 miles. | |
January 18 | Audio - All balls and cars. Newsflash - Masthead car becomes detached. Newswire reports - Not far to the Horn. | |
January 19, 20 | Audio - Rounding Cape Horn. Newswire reports - Steve White a Cape Horner. Blog 21 - The mainsail car story - Dealing with lots of small plastic balls in a lumpy sea. | |
January 23 | Audio - Upwind up the Alantic. Newswire report - Upwind up the Atlantic. | |
January 25 | Audio - Technical sailing. Newswire reports - Working in a difficult wind range. | |
January 27 | Blog 22 - The Horn and the Falklands. | |
January 28 | Audio - Headwind, no wind and Laundry the old seafarer's way. Blog 23 - Becalmed. | |
January 30 - February 1 | Audio - Frustration of the South Atlantic. Audio - The Doldrumologist at work. Newswire reports - Michel Desjoyeaux wins Vendée Globe. | |
February 3 | Audio - All wind and sails. Blog 24 - Warm tranquility and thoughts of home. | |
February 4 - 6 | Newswire reports - Pleasant but pedestrian progress. Audio - A day in the life of Toe in the Water. Blog 25 - Flying fish and fishermen. | |
February 8 | Audio - Toe in the Water crosses the equator. Newswire reports - Toe in the Water back in the North. | |
February 10 | Audio - Planning the course to the finish. Newswire reports - Planning the course to the finish. | |
February 11 | Blog 26 - The fishmonger's boat. | |
February 15 - 17 | Audio - Will the weather cooperate?. Wayward winds and deaf ships. Blog 27 - The brainless flying fish and spinnaker woes. | |
February 22 | Newswire reports - White's frustrating angles. | |
February 23 | Blog 28 - The slow slog to the finish. | |
February 24 | Newswire reports - Dodging the ships. | |
February 25 | Newswire reports - Crikey - How did we get here?. | |
February 26 | Videos - Steve completes the race Steve arrives in Les Sables d'Orlonne. Newswire reports - Arrival and review. | |
Race Results | Formal Race Results. | |
Epilogue | Video - Race review. Memories....and thanks. |