JOURNALISM
TEST ON NOV. 24
- This is test type for Nov. 24. This type should appear after the story with the headline that says something a Brit being the only one happy there is no wind. more
Brit may be only sailor happy at flat seas, wind
- Alex Thomson may the only skipper happy for the calm conditions afforded by the St. Helene High, in the South Atlantic. more
TODAY'S REPORT
- ‘More men have walked on the moon than women have completed’ this boat race By David Pendered The strength of human spirit will be on display starting Sunday, when six women and 27 men begin a round-the-world sailboat race. Each skipper will be alone in a 60-foot sailboat capable of speeds to 45 mph and, in the Southern Ocean, summiting waves 60 feet high. Just 30 years old, French sailor Clarisse Cremer is a phenom who shifted to the 60-foot IMOCA boats ...more
Vendee Globe: Stories of six female sailors
- SIX WOMEN SAILORS are to start the solo, around-the-world Vendee Globe 2020-21 on Sunday.As Pip Hare notes: "More men have walked on the moon than women have completed the Vendee Globe." These six skippers are the focus of our coverage – the stories of courage and daring they bring to a competition with each other and 27 male sailors. more
Miranda Merron
- Miranda Merron, 51, British,shifted22 years ago from a career in advertising to become a professional sailor. She navigated an all-female team to a new world record in the 2009 Round Britain and Ireland race. Her boat was built in 2006. more
Isabelle Joschke
- Isabelle Joschke, 43, French-German,a professional skipper and sailing instructor. She self-financed her first Mini Transat race, and help from money her mother had borrowed. Her boat was a prototype in 2007. more
Sam Davies
- Sam Davies, 46, British, an engineer and mother of one racing in her third Vendee Globe. She finished fourth in 2008-09 Vendee Globe, was dismasted in 2012-13, and sails a Vendee Globe finisher built in 2010. more
Clarisse Cremer
- Clarisse Cremer, 30, French, founded a custom adventure travel business. She has catapulted to the Vendee Globe after finishing second in the 2017 Mini Transat and sails the boat that won the 2012-13 Vendee Globe. more
Alexia Barrier
- Alexia Barrier, 40, French, founded 4myplanet to advance science and education. She has sailed 120,000 blue ocean miles, competed in 14 trans Atlantic races and now races a boat built for the 2000 Vendee Globe. more