French skipper Violette Dorange will make sailing history on Sunday as she sets off on the Vendée Globe round-the-world race, ...

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Second in the first edition of the Vendée Globe (1989), Loïck Peyron is something of a legendary figure in French ocean ...

Among the 12 non-French skippers starting the 10th edition of the Vendee Globe on Sunday, Xu Jingkun will be the first Chinese sailor to embark on the non-stop solo around-the-world race, despite ...

Tens of thousands of fans gathered in France's Sables d'Olonne on Sunday for the start of the 10th Vendée Globe, the round-the-world solo yacht race known as the Everest of the Seas. FRANCE 24's ...

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At 23 years old, Violette Dorange is set to rewrite nautical record books on Sunday when she becomes the youngest sailor to compete in the Vendee Globe, the gruelling solo round-the-world yacht race.