They're off... and running. The 2008 Vendée Globe officially got underway 10 days ago at Les Sable-d'Olonne. Plenty of the old familiar faces are out there along with several Vendée Globe virgins.
By the end of the first week, the grueling solo, non-stop, round-the-world race, dubbed by organizers as the "Everest of the seas," had already bounced four skippers out of action.
As of today, nine boats are duking it out in the Doldrums, all within 100 miles of the lead.
Catch all the action.
Vendee Globe Official Web Site Check it out. Many great improvements here for this race.
Quick link to current rankings.
And The Field (alphabetical): Skipper - Boat/Boat Designer
Unai Basurko - Pakea Bizkaia Murray-Burns & DovellYannick Bestaven - Aquarelle.com Finot-Conq OUT
Jérémie Beyou - Delta Dore Farr Yacht Design
Arnaud Boissières - Akena Vérandas Finot Conq
Dee Caffari - Aviva Owen Clarke Design
Samantha Davies - Roxy Finot Conq
Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty - Maissoneuve Artech Design team
Michel Desjoyeaux - Foncia Farr Yacht Design
Kito de Pavant - Groupe Bel VPLP-Verdier OUT
Jean-Pierre Dick - Paprec-Virbac 2 Farr Yacht Design
Raphaël Dinelli - Fondation Océan Vital Nandor Fa
Yann Eliès - Generali Finot-Conq
Mike Golding - Ecover Owen Clarke Design
Marc Guillemot - Safran VPLP-Verdier
Derek Hatfield - Algimouss Spirit of Canada Owen Clarke Design
Sébastien Josse - BT Farr Yacht Design
Roland Jourdain - Veolia Environnement Marc Lombard
Jean Le Cam - VM Matériaux Marc Lombard
Armel Le Cléac´h - Brit Air Finot-Conq
Jonny Malbon - Artemis Rogers Yacht Design
Loïck Peyron - Gitana Eighty Farr Yacht Design
Vincent Riou - PRB Farr Yacht Design
Norbert Sedlacek - Nauticsport-Kapsch Joubert-Nivelt-Sedlacek
Bernard Stamm - Cheminées Poujoulat Farr Yacht Design
Marc Thiercelin - DCNS Finot-Conq OUT
Brian Thompson - Bahrain Team Pindar Juan Kouyoumdjian
Alex Thomson - Hugo Boss Finot-Conq OUT
Dominique Wavre - Temenos II Owen Clarke Design
Steve White - Toe in the Water Finot Conq
Rich Wilson - Great American III Nivelt
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