Sam Goodchild: the British sailor preparing for his first Vendée Globe ‘The French love crazy sailing adventures, I feel at home here’
Vendée Arctique race departs from western France today The 3,500 nautical mile race, which is one of the races on the road to qualifying for the Vendée Globe, is set to depart at 17:00 and will see sailors make a loop around Iceland
British sailor raises €800k for charity during French race Sam Davies completed the gruelling Vendée Globe sailing course today and, despite being technically out of the race, raised enough money to help 102 children with heart problems Sailor who lost race time helping rival wins Vendée Globe Sam Davies out of Vendée Globe but keeps sailing for charity Video: Sam Davies' Vendée Globe race ends
Vendée Globe: Sam Davies’ race on hold after crash The British sailor, who is competing in the round-the-world race, hit an unknown floating object that damaged her boat and caused her non-serious injuries
Each social media click for Globe sailor is €1 for charity Briton Sam Davies is competing in an around-the-world race to raise money to support children with heart defects
Vendée Globe: Sailors ready for solo round-the-world race It is known as the Everest of the seas and every winner to date has been French, making it a hugely popular event in the country
Round-the-world race moves from UK to France Organisers of 2018 Golden Globe race blame Brexit for switch of venue
Vendée Globe: 28,000 miles in a boat, alone, with no stops and no one to help ... racing What hardy souls about to take on the challenge think of the solo ocean race