Vendee Globe 2016/17: Alex Thomson arrival by Launay
All images courtesy of Christophe Launay / www.sealaunay.com. Great effrot by Thomson showing he is a great and talented sailor besides being a stunt & marketing Master. His time for the VG 2016/17 edition: 74 days, 19 hours, 35 minutes and 15 seconds. Christophe affirms that elapsed time trasnforms Alex as the fastest British sailor on that route. He also achieved the 24hs record: vendeeglobe.org/en/news/18129/alex-thomson-has-smashed-the-24-hour-record
Tracker for rest of the sailors still racing: vendeeglobe.org/en/news/18129/alex-thomson-has-smashed-the-24-hour-record
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16