Vendée Globe Monday 20th January Update - Heading into the North Atlantic Storm
by Mark Jardine 19 Jan 23:44 PST
20 January 2025
Sam Goodchild on Vulnerable in the Vendée Globe 2024-25 © Sam Goodchild
Djmelia Tassin - Vendée Globe 2024 ©Miguel Alvarado
Leah Sweet - Vendée Globe 2024 ©The Magenta Project
Lindsay Gimple - Vendée Globe 2024 ©The Magenta Project
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The storm which the Vendée Globe leaders on the water have been watching closely for the past few days is now upon them.
Sam Goodchild and Jeremie Beyou are the first to feel its effect, and it's set to bring them 45 knot winds, with gusts in excess of that, and 8 metre seas. This Vendée Globe certainly has a sting its tail for them.
We hear from Sam Goodchild and Nico Lunven, and then I chat with Frédéric Bouvier of J Composites, who are based in Les Sables d'Olonne, about his sailing with podium finisher and hometown sailor Seb Simon.
We then look at the Tracker and Leaderboard, concluding with an update from Conrad Colman, who runs us through a sail change from J2 to J0.
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