Marine Pollution

Today is a beautiful day at sea. We are 300 miles east of Recife, Brazil, the blue sky has fluffy clouds, and the sea, cresting with an occasional whitecap, is a deep blue glittering with sunlight. Does the ocean look polluted? No, it looks beautiful. But just because...

Is your asthma problematic for you during the Vendee Globe and do you have everything you need to take good care of you or is the sea air beneficial?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Eatv8jB74Video can’t be loaded: Q&A with Axelle, Boulogna Billancourt, France...

26th Anniversary of Capsize & Rescue

Last night we alternated between the solent and genoa. The former goes better to windward, whereas the latter, if going to windward, tends to drive the boat over into excessive heel. Or at least this conflict occurs at very narrow range of wind conditions where one...