Forty intrepid skippers representing a record 11 nationalities and including six female competitors set off on the world's ...

Forty skippers, driven by dreams as vast as the sea itself, set off on a legendary voyage—solo, non-stop, ...

LES SABLES-D'OLONNE, France -- As the first-ever Chinese skipper to compete in the Vendee Globe, Xu Jingkun set off from the ...

The official start of the Vendée Globe took place on Sunday at 13:02. The skippers have now set off on the most famous and ...

Yannick Bestaven already knows what it feels like to win the Vendee Globe but the 51-year-old Frenchman cannot resist the ...

The record sized fleet of 40 solo sailors enjoyed a gentle opening to the Vendée Globe this afternoon off Les Sables d'Olonne ...

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

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

The round-the-world race, a grueling test for the boldest sailors, continues to sail ahead, not just as an athletic challenge ...

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 ...

As the first-ever Chinese skipper to compete in the Vendee Globe, Xu Jingkun set off from the port of Les Sables-d'Olonne on Sunday in the 10th edition of the legendary solo, non-stop, ...

For the 40 solo skippers who will start the Vendée Globe Sunday off Les Sables d’Olonne on the west coast of France, the ...