Preparation

Michel Desjoyeaux, the only two-time winner of the Vendée Globe, once said “the race is won before the start”. In other words, preparation is everything. The three parts of our program which we must prepare are: the skipper, the boat, and our school program...
Getting Ready to Go

Getting Ready to Go

Skipper Rich Wilson and members of his team in Les Sables d’Olonne. Great American IV is prepared for Vendée Globe and Rich participates in events in the lead-up to the start of the race on November 6th, 2016....