2000–2001 Vendée Globe

2000–2001 Vendée Globe
Event title
Name2000–2001 Vendée Globe
Edition4th Edition
SponsorVendee Region of France
Event details
Start locationLes Sables-d'Olonne
Finish locationLes Sables-d'Olonne
CourseSolo non-stop round the world race
Start date9 November 2000
Finish date9 November 2000
YachtsIMOCA 60
Results
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA)
PRB 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Ellen MacArthur (GBR)
Kingfisher
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Roland Jourdain (FRA)
Sill Matines La potagère

The 2000–2001 Vendée Globe is a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 50 and IMOCA 60 class yachts. This is the fourth edition of the race starting on the 9th November 2000 from Les Sables-d'Olonne.

Summary

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The departure originally planned for Sunday, November 5 but the decision was made to delay the postponed start till Thursday, 9 November 2000 a delay of 4 days due to bad weather.

This race was the first major test of the new safety rules, introduced following the tragedies the previous races.[citation needed] Overall, it was a success; although some boats were again forced to retire from the race, none were lost.[citation needed] This race also featured the youngest entrant ever: Ellen MacArthur, who at 24 years old managed to put together a serious campaign with her custom-built boat Kingfisher.[1]

Yves Parlier was the first to establish a lead, and headlines were made by Dominique Wavre of Switzerland on 10 December 2000 when his 430 nautical miles broke the 24-hour record for distance sailed single-handed.[1] Parlier was soon under attack by Michel Desjoyeaux, who then moved into the lead.[1] Parlier dismasted while pushing to catch up and lost contact with race organizers, resulting in MacArthur's being diverted to provide assistance.[1] MacArthur resumed racing when contact with Parlier was restored, and managed to maintain fourth place.[1]

Desjoyeaux extended his lead to 600 miles (970 km) by Cape Horn, and MacArthur had closed steadily, moving up to second place.[1] By the mid-Atlantic she had caught up, and while negotiating the calms and variable winds of the Doldrums, the two traded the lead position several times.[1]

MacArthur's chance to win was lost when she struck a semi-submerged container and was forced to make repairs.[1] Desjoyeaux and PRB, flying the French flag, would go on to win the race at 93d 3h 57', with MacArthur and Kingfisher under the flag of Great Britain finishing second at 94d 4h 25', and Roland Jourdain and Sill Matines La potagère, also under French flag, finishing third at 96d 1h 2'.[citation needed] MacArthur pulled in to a rapturous reception, as "the youngest ever competitor to finish, the fastest woman around the planet — and only the second solo sailor to get around the globe in less than 100 days."[1] Parlier, meanwhile, had anchored off New Zealand, and managed to fabricate by himself a new carbon-fibre mast from his broken one, and continuing racing, gained an official place.[2][3]

Incidents

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Retirement causes

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Other incidents

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Results

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Table: Order of Finish, 2000–2001 Vendée Globe[4]
Pos Sailor Yacht Time Note Ref
01  Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) PRB 2 093d 03h 57' (new record)
02  Ellen MacArthur (GBR) Kingfisher 094d 04h 25'
03  Roland Jourdain (FRA) Sill Matines La potagère 096d 01h 02'
04  Marc Thiercelin (FRA) Active Wear 102d 20h 37'
05  Dominique Wavre (SUI) Union Bancaire Privée 105d 02h 45'
06  Thomas Coville (FRA) Sodébo 105d 07h 24'
07  Mike Golding (GBR) Team Group 4 110d 16h 22'
08 France Switzerland Bernard Gallay Voilà.fr 111d 16h 07'
09  Josh Hall (GBR) Gartmore 111d 19h 48'
10  Joé Seeten (FRA) Chocolats du Monde 115d 16h 46'
11  Patrice Carpentier (FRA) VM Matériaux 116d 00h 32' IMOCA 50
12  Simone Bianchetti (ITA) Aquarelle.com 121d 01h 28'
13  Yves Parlier (FRA) Aquitaine Innovations 126d 23h 36' [5]
14  Didier Munduteguy (FRA) DDP / 60e Sud 135d 15h 17'
15 Italy Pasquale De Gregorio Wind Telecomunicazioni 158d 02h 37' IMOCA 50 [6][7]
Did not finish
DNF  Catherine Chabaud (FRA) Whirlpool-Europe 2 Dismasted
DNF  Thierry Dubois (FRA) Solidaires Electronic problems
DNF  Raphaël Dinelli (FRA) Sogal Extenso Damaged rudder
DNF  Fyodor Konyukhov (RUS) Modern University For The Humanities retired
DNF  Javier Sansó (ESP) Old Spice retired
DNF  Éric Dumont (FRA) Euroka Services damaged rudder
DNF  Richard Tolkien (GBR) This Time – Argos
– Help For Autistic Children		 rig damage
DNF  Bernard Stamm (SUI) Armor-Lux/foies Gras steering problem
DNF  Patrick de Radiguès (BEL) Libre Belgique beached (IMOCA 50) [8]

Entries

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Participant facts equipment

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Twenty skippers started the race a qualification passage was required to validate the registration of each boat, this course could have been carried out as part of another sailing race.

List of Participant and Equipment Used
Skipper Prev. Participation
(Start/Finish)		 Name of Boat Sail No. Naval Architect Builder Launch Date Ref.
  Bernard Gallay (FRA) (SUI) 1 / 0 Voilà.fr Finot-Conq JMV Industries 1994 [9]
 Bernard Stamm (SUI) Never Armor-Lux/foies Gras SUI 77 Pierre Roland Bernard Stamm 1998 [10]
 Catherine Chabaud (FRA) 1 / 6 Whirlpool-Europe 2 92 Lombard Lemonchoix, at Mag 1998 [11]
 Dominique Wavre (SUI) Never Union Bancaire Privée SUI 9 Finot-Conq JMV 1999 [12]
 Didier Munduteguy (FRA) 1 / 0 DDP 60e Sud Phil Morrison Rowsell and Morrison 1990 [13]
 Ellen MacArthur (GBR) Never Kingfisher 888 Rob Humphreys
Mervin Owen		 Marten Marine (NZL) 2000 [14]
 Javier Sansó (ESP) Never Old Spice Ricardo Texedo Talinco Composite (ESP) 1992 [15]
 Josh Hall (GBR) Never Gartmore Finot-Conq JMV Industries 1998 [16]
 Joé Seeten (FRA) Never Nord-pas-de-Calais/chocolats du Monde Harle Mortain CDK 1991 [17]
 Marc Thiercelin (FRA) 1 / 1 (2nd) Active Wear Finot-Conq JMV Industries 1998 [18]
 Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) Never PRB 2 FRA 85 Finot-Conq MAF (FRA) 2000 [19]
 Mike Golding (GBR) Never Team Group 4 GBR 4 Finot-Conq JMV Industries 1998 [20]
 Pasquale de Gregorio (ITA) Never Wind ITA 159 Umberto Felci Dolphin (Rome) and SC (Latina) 2000 IMOCA 50 [21]
 Patrice Carpentier (FRA) 1 / 0 VM Matériaux 96 Adrian Thompson Goss Challenge 1996 IMOCA 50 [22]
 Patrick de Radiguès (BEL) 1 / 0 Lightning 17 Berret-Racoupeau FK Boats (ITA) 2000 IMOCA 50 [23]
 Raphaël Dinelli (FRA) 1 / 0 Sogal Extenso
 Richard Tolkien (GBR) Never This Time – Argos – Help For Autistic Children Bouvet-Petit MAG 1992 [24]
 Roland Jourdain (FRA) 1 / 0 Sill Matines La Potagère Marc Lombard JMV Industries 2004-04-26 [25]
 Simone Bianchetti (ITA) 1 / 0 Aquarelle.com Philippe Briand Jeanneau JTA 1989 [26]
 Thomas Coville (FRA) Never Sodébo Finot-Conq Kiere / Thierry Eluere 1998 [27]
 Yves Parlier (FRA) 2 / 1 (4th) Aquitaine Innovations Finot-Conq Thierry Eluere / Composites Aquitaine 1996 [28]

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