Vendee Globe Hugo Boss Boat. To date, the Vendée Globe is the greatest sailing race round the world, solo, non-stop and without assistance. The Vendée Globe is a round-the-world single-handed.
The qualifying race must have been completed on the same boat as the one the sailor will race in the Vendée Globe; or the competitor must complete Hugo Boss, Alex Thomson's boat, departure day. The Vendée Globe is a single-handed, non-stop sailing race around the world without assistance, and the ultimate test of human endurance in ocean racing. Watch the new HUGO BOSS boat sail for the very first time, as Alex Thomson and his team officially begin their journey to the.
The Welsh skipper was one of favourites at the start and the early dominant leader, but retired after several days spent carrying out repairs in a desperate bid to keep his boat Hugo Boss on target.
Skipper Alex Thomson and British model and actor, Poppy Delevingne.
Harry Winks and Nico Rosberg join Alex Thomson for HUGO BOSS boat launch ahead of Vendée Globe challenge. Vendee Globe organisers said they had received a message from Le Cam. The course is a circumnavigation along the clipper route.