Daily Updates

[Helena Batista]

After one day of race you can already see the skippers' positions and routes. You can go to http://tracking.vendeeglobe.org/ecover/ and analyse those data.

You can already watch some videos of the skippers.
Here is Samatha Davies trying to describe her Day 1.

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11/27 Day 17/ Jour 17

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11/28 Day 19/ Jour 19

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11/29 Day 20/ Jour 20

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11/30 Day 21/ Jour 21

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12/01/08 Day 22/ Jour 22

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Vincent Riou and Jean Le Cam describe the capsize and rescue

[Helena Batista]

Unfortunately...
Jérémie Beyou, the skipper of DELTA DORE, has informed the Race Directors of his decision to retire from the race, believing it is impossible to carry out repairs without external help. He reached the Brazilian port of Recife.

http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/6224/delta-dore-abandons.html

[Helena Batista]

11/27

For the first time in 14 days, the 2008-08 Vendée Globe has a new leader. At this afternoon’s 1500hrs (GMT) updates, Seb Josse on BT has taken pole position from long-time pace-setter Loïck Peyron.

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12/02/08 Day 23/ Jour 23

[Helena Batista]

Here the 3rd week highlights...

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12/03/08 Day 24/ Jour 24

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12/04/08 Day 25/ Jour 25