Watch: Beyou wins Arctic warm-up for Vendee Globe
Jeremie Beyou, at the helm of Charal, one of a new generation of ‘flying’ monohulls, on Tuesday won the Vendee-Arctic, a chilly warm-up race for the legendary Vendee Globe. Beyou completed a 2,807 nautical mile (5,198 km) North Atlantic loop that started and ended in Les Sables d’Olonne, in 10 days, 5 hours and 14 minutes. The race was arranged to help skippers who had been beached by the coronavirus pandemic prepare for the Vendee Globe single-handed round-the-world race which starts on November 8. Читать дальше...