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By the way if anyone in this community is into solo round the world sailing, the Vendee Globe is currently under way. It's a fantastic race that happens every
by gregschlom 10y ago
By the way if anyone in this community is into solo round the world sailing, the Vendee Globe is currently under way.
It's a fantastic race that happens every four years: all participants have the same type of boat, although newer generation boats are much faster than those a couple of years old, and they have to sail around the world solo and without any external help - so that if something breaks they cant stop somewhere to get a replacement part. Each sailor has a camera and is required to send videos of their journey, which are fantastic to watch if you enjoy this kind of things:
http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/ http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/
Videos: http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/web-tv/playlist/104 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/web-tv/playlist/104
Real time gps tracking: http://tracking2016.vendeeglobe.org/hp5ip0/ http://tracking2016.vendeeglobe.org/hp5ip0/
- seszett 10y agoAlso, the race this year is especially interesting as the two first racers are still within miles of each other, even after having sailed for about 10 000 nautical miles (11 000 miles, or 18 000 kilometers)! The navy actually just met both of them on yesterday https://twitter.com/VendeeGlobe/status/804057688866856960/video/1 https://twitter.com/VendeeGlobe/status/804057688866856960/vi...