White Ocean Racing

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

Report Dates
Reports
Position
Official OverviewFormal race summary.
 
VG Overview Video - Race Overview.
Steve's Vendee Globe race track
Conquering the Globe.
?/30
October 18Steve arrives at Les Sables d’Olonne.
?/30
October 24Boat Refurbishment - Spirit of Weymouth becomes Toe in The Water
?/30
November 4Formal 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.
?/30
November 9 -11 Audio - Race day - Just before the start.
The 2008 Vendee Globe has started.
Birthday at Sea.
16/27
November 12 Audio - First Broadcast from Toe in the Water.
Broadcast from Toe in the Water.
Steve's first Blog.
16/27
November 13, 14 Blog 2. Settling in to the race.
Audio - Settling down at sea.
17/26
November16 Blog 3 - Night work whilst becalmed.
18/26
November 17 Blog 4 - Hot on the move again.
17/26
November 18 Blog 5 - Nude nightime dances!.
17/26
November 19 Call from Vendee Headquarters.
Audio - Talking about the family.
17/26
November 20 Blog 6 - African Visitors?.
17/26
November 21, 22 Audio - The job list is getting shorter.
Blog 7 - Time for a wash.
19/26
November 24, 25 Audio - Steve crosses the Equator for the first time.
Steve crosses the Equator.
Blog 8 - Equator celebrations and bird watching.
17/26
November 27, 28 Audio - Toe in the Water moves up one place.
Blog 9 - Gennaker Woes, Sikaflex and Guy Cotten.
17/25
November 29 Audio - Fast 24 hour progress.
Audio report - Fast run in an old boat.
17/25
December 1, 2 Newswire report - Steve completes his penalty.
Audio - Fast and refreshed.
Newswire report - Fast and refreshed.
18/25
December 5 Audio - Code 5 lost at sea.
Blog 10 - Why won't the boat steer.
18/25
December 7 Audio - Learning the Southern Ocean.
Newswire report - Learning the Southern Ocean.
18/24
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.
18/24
December 18, 19 Audio - Major pilot repairs.
Newswire report - Autopilot problems cause stress and slow progress.
14/19
December 20 Audio - Crash tacks and pilots.
Blog 12 - Why has he been so quiet?.
13/18
December 25 Blog 13 - Steve's Christmas Blog.
Yacht Pals Comment - The DIY King.
13/18
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
13/18
December 29 Blog 14 - Highs, lows and progress.
12/16
December 30 Audio - Gooseneck repair plan.
Blog 15 - The colours return.
12/16
December 31 Audio - Sailing towards Australia - Uncooperative pilot.
Newswire report - Pilot problems again.
12/16
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.
11/15
January 5 Audio - Pleasantly wiggly progress.
Newswire report - Ideal stable conditions for a change.
11/14
January 6 Blog 17 - Shrimp, Albatross and Moittessier.
9/12
January 7 Audio - In the high.
9/12
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.
9/12
January 12 Blog 19 - The state of the Bat cave.
9/12
January 13, 14 Audio - The Bat Cave heads for the Horn.
Audio - Preparation for the approaching storm.
Newswire report - Progress ahead of the storm.
9/12
January 16 Audio - Plans for the future.
Blog 20 - Two days from the Horn.
Newswire report - Gap closed by 120 miles.
9/12
January 18 Audio - All balls and cars.
Newsflash - Masthead car becomes detached.
Newswire reports - Not far to the Horn.
9/12
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.
9/12
January 23 Audio - Upwind up the Alantic.
Newswire report - Upwind up the Atlantic.
9/12
January 25 Audio - Technical sailing.
Newswire reports - Working in a difficult wind range.
9/12
January 27 Blog 22 - The Horn and the Falklands.
9/12
January 28 Audio - Headwind, no wind and Laundry the old seafarer's way.
Blog 23 - Becalmed.
9/12
January 30 - February 1 Audio - Frustration of the South Atlantic.
Audio - The Doldrumologist at work.
Newswire reports - Michel Desjoyeaux wins Vendée Globe.
9/12
February 3 Audio - All wind and sails.
Blog 24 - Warm tranquility and thoughts of home.
8/11
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.
8/11
February 8 Audio - Toe in the Water crosses the equator.
Newswire reports - Toe in the Water back in the North.
8/11
February 10 Audio - Planning the course to the finish.
Newswire reports - Planning the course to the finish.
8/11
February 11 Blog 26 - The fishmonger's boat.
8/11
February 15 - 17 Audio - Will the weather cooperate?.
Wayward winds and deaf ships.
Blog 27 - The brainless flying fish and spinnaker woes.
8/11
February 22 Newswire reports - White's frustrating angles.
8/11
February 23 Blog 28 - The slow slog to the finish.
8/11
February 24 Newswire reports - Dodging the ships.
8/11
February 25 Newswire reports - Crikey - How did we get here?.
8/11
February 26 Videos - Steve completes the race
Steve arrives in Les Sables d'Orlonne.
Newswire reports - Arrival and review.
8/11
Race Results Formal Race Results.
 
Epilogue Video - Race review.
Memories....and thanks.
 

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