#vg2024

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

Justine Mettraux is the first woman finisher of the 2024-25 Vendée Globe!

[sailbiz]

VENDEE GLOBE 2024: ZODIAC FORNITORE UFFICIALE 

[duck-pulsar]

I made an art book!

It will be sold at booth "ホ2b" of Memory of Legend VG2024 in COMIC CITY VEGA 2024 to be held on 8/25 in Tokyo.

[tribloom]

イベント出るよ〜

8月25日（東京）COMIC CITY VEGA 2024内 OUR SINS RESONANCE VG2024に出るよ

うちわとかアクキーとか持っていくよ

本…は…まだできてないよ…

[mylonelydreaming]

This is one of the best fanmade botw manga about Link and Zelda pre-calamity I have read 🥺 now I want an official botw manga even more

[stephanedugast]

📢 [BILLET] L'affaire fait grand bruit, et pour cause ! La navigatrice Clarisse Crémer vient d'être évincée par son sponsor Banque Populaire.

Raison invoquée ? Clarisse n'est pas en mesure de se qualifier pour le prochain Vendée Globe en raison de règles de sélection qui oblige les skippers (qui n'ont pas de bateau neuf) à participer à un certain nombre de courses qualificatives. Courses auxquelles l'intéressée n'a pas pu concourir pour cause de maternité. Les femmes, la compétition et la mer, le débat est relancé. Des thématiques que j'aborde dans mon dernier livre illustré.

Extraits :

LA NAVIGATRICE : « Skippeuse, entrepreneuse, communicante, conférencière et bientôt maman, Clarisse Crémer sait tout faire. Sa participation au dernier Vendée Globe l’a rendu médiatique avec à la clef un titre de prestige, celui de femme la plus rapide autour du monde à la voile en solitaire. Derrière ce conte de fées se cache du travail, de la stratégie, du cœur et un soupçon de chance »

LE FÉMINISME : « La voile n’est plus aujourd’hui la chasse gardée des hommes, tout comme le féminisme ne doit pas être celle des femmes, mais au contraire devenir un projet de société à débattre entre tous, avec lucidité, courage et sagesse »

« Navigatrices, portraits d'aventurières de la mer », un livre illustré paru aux Editions Vagnon. En savoir + 👉 https://urlz.fr/kcCG

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

HOLY FRICK, BORIS! He overcomes his fear of heights to go up the mast and fix the sail problem, and then before he can even eat anything besides energy gel, the boat gets STRUCK BY LIGHTNING and loses several major electronic systems!

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

Her sponsor replaced her with no warning because she took maternity leave and she had to retrain on a new boat on short notice.

An anon accused her and her husband of cheating in the previous race and they had to get investigated.

She had to sacrifice one of her most important sails early on to save her mast.

Her foil control system broke and had to be propped up with wooden wedges in the Southern Ocean.

A huge wave shorted out all her computers and she had to cannibalize a new system from the working parts.

But as of last night, CLARISSE CRÉMER HAS COMPLETED THE 2024-25 VENDÉE GLOBE!

Before leaving, you said you were leaving to rediscover both the planet and yourself. Did you manage to find the Clarisse you sought?     I've had four rather unusual years, I don't know what part of me has hung onto this Vendée Globe, even I can't explain it. I had 25 opportunities to stop everything, and it probably would have made my life a lot easier, but there was a part of me that didn't budge, and I followed that animal instinct, and each time, it was at sea that I found the answers and I said to myself "that's what I'm here for". But I am still unable to describe the "for that"! It's just that you know you have to be there! This Vendée Globe, from the first equator, I said to myself "it's okay, I've won all the battles, I'm here, and I'm making my life". I was supposed to be in this Vendée Globe, and even though these four years destroyed my self-confidence, now I did a giant 77-day therapy, and it feels so good!

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

“Winning is not everything. There’s a deeper purpose to the journey,” Stevenson says. “The story you tell, the lessons you learn, and the example you set for others can be more significant than a podium finish. The Vendée Globe is about personal growth, mental fortitude, and the commitment to a cause, whether it’s sustainability, adventure, or something more personal.” [x]

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

I know I haven’t made a 2024 version of the Vendée Globe PowerPoint yet and I’m sorry for that. I had to work a 6-day week last week and I spent a lot of this week getting over some digestive issues. When I tried to unzip the folder I had the original document saved in today on my laptop, my computer said the file was invalid. But I can absolutely try to make a version of it one way or another, since I think collectively the 2016 and 2020 versions represent the most popular original content this blog has ever produced.

(Did any of you reblog the 2020 or 2016 versions for me to reference in case I can’t get into the original file?)

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

BRAVO CHARLIE!

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

[x]

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

BERTRAND PICCARD AND DEE CAFFARI ON TOMORROW'S VG LIVE!?!

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

After Romain Attanasio (FRA) enjoyed his finish and then channel passage late yesterday morning, in 14th position, four other skippers have followed one another across the finish line of Les Sables d’Olonne today.

First in today, and 15th overall, after a cold frosty final night of light winds was Damien Seguin (FRA) to complete his second Vendée Globe, at the dawn of the beautiful sunny day. In his wake, Benjamin Ferré (FRA), Tanguy Le Turquais (FRA) and Alan Roura (CHE), produced a breathtaking finish, completing their races within just 35 minutes separating 16th and 18th, really nothing at all after 85 days and nearly 30,000 nautical miles of racing. These three newly finished skippers will sail up the channel today, in an atmosphere that promises to be fiery.

Isabelle Joschke (FRA, DEU) in 19th, followed by Jean Le Cam (FRA) and Conrad Colman (USA, NZL) are expected in the evening and night while the Italian Giancarlo Pedote, should finish tomorrow morning.

After 84 days, 20 hours and 31 minutes of racing, on February 3, 2025, Paralympian Damien Seguin crossed the finish line of his second consecutive Vendée Globe, ending the epic non-stop round the world race in 15th position.

Born without a left hand, Damien became in 2021 the first disabled skipper to complete a solo, non-stop, unassisted round the world race. A three-time Paralympic medalist in the 2.4mR class, he entered offshore racing in 2005 in the Figaro and then the Class 40 before joining the IMOCA circuit in 2018. Determined and constantly looking to progress, Damien has managed to convince people that his handicap is not a brake on performance. During his first Vendée Globe, which he finished in 7th place, he made a big impression by often playing at the front of the fleet. For 2024, he aspired to new sporting ambitions aboard his foiler.

At 45, the disabled skipper succeeded in his bet to continue sailing at the highest level, even if, by his own admission, this second round the world race was “a battle against himself”, but also against particularly erratic weather that deprived Groupe APICIL of his long-held dream of competing at the head of the fleet. Like a true champion he fought hard until the end, under pressure he held on to his 15th place as three rivals pressed hard only a few miles behind as he approached the line.

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

Stop photobombing Clarisse, Adélie!

[sailbiz]

VENDEE GLOBE 2024: DALIN DNA DA FAVORITO – Sailbiz