Vendee Globe One Planet. Today the Vendée Globe info team welcomes Antoine Mermod, president of the IMOCA Class and Marcus Hutchinson, team manager LinkedOut, and Boris Herrmann footage from the South Atlantic. Four Britons prepare for the Vendee Globe, a race against your rivals, the elements and isolation.
Each competitor must sail alone and continuously around the planet. The Vendée Globe is a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed non-stop and without assistance. As part of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), a joint initiative of the European Commission and ESA, ESA has undertaken the.
The Vendée Globe solo around the world race is seen as the world's toughest sporting challenge.
The Vendee Globe takes sailors through severe wind and wave conditions in the Southern Ocean, which is also home to many icebergs.
They can drop anchor, but they cannot return to dry land or receive assistance from another boat. The Vendée Globe is a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed non-stop and without assistance. Today the Vendée Globe info team welcomes Antoine Mermod, president of the IMOCA Class and Marcus Hutchinson, team manager LinkedOut, and Boris Herrmann footage from the South Atlantic.