The Vendée Globe is a
round-the-world
single-handed non-stop yacht
race, which must be sailed without assistance. The race was founded by
Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken place every four years.
![Vendee Globe single handed yacht race route map](../../geography/geography_images/vendee_globe_route_map_single_handed_yacht_race.gif)
Vendée Globe
race route map
S.A.E.M
Vendée
20,
rue Pasteur – BP206
85005 La Roche-sur-Yon Cedex
tel : 02 51 44 91 07
fax : 02 51 62 36 73
Philippe
de Villiers President
Sophie
Vercelletto CEO sophie.vercelletto@vendeeglobe.fr
Starts
9th November 2008 - don't be late
![Vendee Globe route map centred about Antarctica](../../geography/geography_images/Vendee_Globe_les_carte_Antarctique.jpg)
![Open 60 racing yacht - White Ocean Racing Vendee Globe contender](../../images/vendee_globe_spirit_of_weymouth_southampton_seawork_2007.jpg)
Open 60
racing yacht - White Ocean Racing
Vendee
Globe contender seeking sponsorship for 2008
LINKS
and REFERENCE
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A
diagram of the race
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Vendée
Globe, the official web site (English version)
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1989/1990
Edition: A great race is born, from the official web site
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Partners,
from the official web site
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Route,
from the official web site
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Positions
and Theoretical Route, from the official web site
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Main
Rules for the Vendée Globe 2004, from the official web site
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1996/1997
Edition : The Globe spinning out of control, from the
official web site
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Main
Rules for the Vendée Globe 2004, from the official web site
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Qualifying
for the Route du Rhum, Conrad Humphreys Racing
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1989/1990
Edition: A great race is born, from the official web site
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1992/1993
Edition: The edition with the first real dramas, from the
official web site
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1996/1997
Edition : The Globe spinning out of control, from the
official web site
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Pete
Goss MBE, from Now You're Talking
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Vendée
Globe — Entering a New Era, from Sailnet.com
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Godforsaken
Sea: The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous
Waters, by Derek Lundy. Anchor, 2000. ISBN
0385720009
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Vendee
Globe: The full story, from the BBC
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2000/2001
Edition : The Express Globe, from the official web site
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Vendée
Globe 2004: A Look Back at the Race, from the official web
site
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Rankings
and Positions, from the official web site
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Vendée
Globe 2004-05 Final Results, from about.com
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10/06
: Mike Golding weighs up th...
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01/06
: The new Pindar almost rea...
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01/06
: The Return of Norbert Sed...
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25/05
: Spirit of Canada to be re...
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22/05
: Jean-Pierre Dick in Panam...
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Newswire
archive
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