Discover the race route and everything to do with it: wild life, plants, weather, etc. You'll be unbeatable on the race and its environment
40,075 kilometres, or 21,638 miles: that's the Earth’s circumference and the reference distance around the world.
A round trip achieved in 74 days and 3 hours during the last edition of the Vendée Globe.
This planetary voyage is above all a climatic journey down the Atlantic, across the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, then up the Atlantic again... It involves a departure from Les Sables d'Olonne in mid-autumn, a journey through the South Seas in the middle of the austral summer and a return to the Vendée during the winter.
The lone sailors have to deal with wind, waves, rough seas and ice. So the boats' trajectory is really a series of broken lines, zigzags, detours and changes of course! And along the way, they'll pass through key crossing points, deal with some tough weather conditions and come across some incredible wildlife and plants.
The skippers meet a lot of spectacular creatures as they sail round the world, like whales, turtles and albatrosses. Meet some of the inhabitants of the oceans the skippers sail through...
The skippers in the Vendée Globe will be sailing 40,075 kilometres (21,638 statute miles) around the world. This planetary voyage is above all a climatic journey where skippers are totally at…
The skippers of the Vendée Globe sail around the world from West to East following a precise route starting from Les Sables d'Olonne, crossing different oceans and skirting several…
