2008–2009 Vendée Globe

2008–2009 Vendée Globe
Event title
Name2008–2009 Vendée Globe
Edition6th 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 2008
Finish date9 November 2008
YachtsIMOCA 60
Key people
Race Director
Denis Horeau
Competitors
Competitors30
Results
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Armel Le Cléac'h (FRA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Vincent Riou (FRA)

The 2008–2009 Vendée Globe was a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 60 class yachts and the sixth edition of the race.

Summary

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The 2008 Vendée Globe began on 9 November 2008 and was won by Michel Desjoyaux, who set a new record at 84d 3h 9' 8".[1]

Race Director for this edition was Denis Horeau who heads the event management team having done the role for the 1989 and 2004 editions.[2]

Incidents

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Retirement causes

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The problems encountered by Jean Le Cam—losing his keel bulb and capsizing in the Southern Ocean—had a major impact on the order of finish. Fellow competitor Vincent Riou diverted and found his boat, circling to try to toss a rope to Le Cam who had exited a security hatch to hang onto the rudder. After three failed attempts, Vincent Riou went in closer, managing to rescue Jean Le Cam but also damaging his mast which failed soon after.[3] Riou retired, but was awarded third place on redress, as he was third when diverted to assist the boat in distress.[4] In addition Armel Le Cléac’h was awarded 11 hours, Sam Davies 32 hours and Marc Guillemot 82 hours for diverting to aid in the rescue[3]

Results

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Table: Order of finish, 2008–2009 Vendée Globe[5]
Pos. Sailor Yacht Time Distance
Sailed		 Ref
1  Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) Foncia 84d 03h 09' 08" (new record) 28 303
2  Armel Le Cléac'h (FRA) Brit Air 89d 09h 39' 35" Corrected
89d 20h 39' 35" Elapsed		 27 232
=3  Vincent Riou (FRA) PRB 3 Day 59: Dismasted Redress Given
=3  Marc Guillemot (FRA) Safran (2) 95d 03h 19' 36" Corrected
98d 13h 19' 36" Elapsed		 28 401
4  Samantha Davies (GBR) Roxy (2) 95d 04h 39' 01" Corrected
96d 12h 39' 01" Elapsed		 27 470
5  Brian Thompson (GBR) Bahrain Team Pindar 98d 20h 29' 55" 28 699
6  Dee Caffari (GBR) Aviva 99d 01h 10' 57" 27 906
7  Arnaud Boissières (FRA) Akena Vérandas (2) 105d 02h 33' 50" 27 841
8  Steve White (GBR) Toe In The Water 109d 00h 36' 55" 28 197
9  Rich Wilson (USA) Great American III 121d 00h 41' 19" 28 590
10  Raphaël Dinelli (FRA) Fondation Ocean Vital 125d 02h 32' 24" 28 140
11  Norbert Sedlacek (AUT) Nauticsport-Kapsch 126d 05h 31' 56" 27 706
DNF(18)  Roland Jourdain (FRA) Veolia Environnement day 85: lost keel [6]
DNF(17)  Jean Le Cam (FRA) VM Matériaux (2) day 58: lost keel bulb, capsized
DNF(16)  Jonny Malbon (GBR) Artemis (2) day 56: delaminated mainsail
DNF(15)  Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA) Paprec-Virbac (2) day 53: lost port rudder
DNF(14)  Derek Hatfield (CAN) Algimouss Spirit of Canada day 50: broken spreaders
DNF(13)  Sébastien Josse (FRA) BT day 50: broken rudder system
DNF(12)  Yann Eliès (FRA) Generali day 40: fractured femur
DNF(11)  Mike Golding (GBR) Ecover 3 day 38: dismasted [7]
DNF(10)  Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty (FRA) Groupe Maisonneuve day 37: faulty halyards, broken auto-pilot
DNF(9)  Loïck Peyron (FRA) Gitana Eighty day 36: dismasted [8]
DNF(8)  Bernard Stamm (FRA) Cheminées Poujoulat (3) day 36: ran aground [9]
DNF(7)  Dominique Wavre (SUI) Temenos 2 day 35: damaged keel box
DNF(6)  Unai Basurko (ESP) Pakea Bizkaia day 28: faulty starboard rudder box
DNF(5)  Jérémie Beyou (FRA) Delta Dore day 17: damaged rig
DNF(4)  Alex Thomson (GBR) Hugo Boss 2 day 6: cracked hull
DNF(3)  Yannick Bestaven (FRA) Aquarelle.com – Charente Maritime day 4: dismasted
DNF(2)  Marc Thiercelin (FRA) DCNS day 4: dismasted [10]
DNF(1)  Kito de Pavant (FRA) Groupe Bel day 2: dismasted [11]
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Entries

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Participant facts equipment

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Thirty 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.
 Alex Thomson (GBR) 1 / 0 Hugo Boss 2 GBR 99 Finot-Conq Carrington/Hutton (Lymington, GBR) 2007 [12]
 Armel Le Cléac’h (FRA) 0 / 0 Brit Air FRA 62 Finot-Conq Multiplast 2007
 Arnaud Boissières (FRA) 0 / 0 Akena Vérandas FRA 14 Finot-Conq Kirié 1998
 Bernard Stamm (SUI) 1 / 0 Cheminées Poujoulat (3) SUI 7 Farr Yacht Design Cookson Boats (NZL) 2003
 Brian Thompson (GBR) 0 / 0 Bahrain Team Pindar GBR 32 Juan Kouyoumdjian Cookson Boats 2007
 Dee Caffari (GBR) 0 / 0 Aviva GBR 222 Owen Clarke Design Group Hakes Marine (NZL) 2008
 Derek Hatfield (CAN) 0 / 0 Algimouss-Spirit of Canada CAN 84 Owen Clarke Design Group Ocean Challenges 2007 [13]
 Dominique Wavre (SUI) 2 / 2 (4th) Temenos II SUI 9 Owen Clarke Design Group Southern Ocean Marine (NZL) 2006
 Jean Le Cam (FRA) 1 / 1 (2nd) VM Matériaux FRA 118 Marc Lombard JMV Industries (FRA) 2004
 Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty (FRA) 0 / 0 Groupe Maisonneuve FRA 8 Angelo Lavranos – Artech Design Team Artech 2005
 Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA) 1 / 1 (6th) Paprec-Virbac 2 FRA 06 Farr Yacht Design Southern Ocean Marine (NZL) 2007
 Jérémie Beyou (FRA) 0 / 0 Delta Dore FRA 35 Farr Yacht Design JMV Industries (FRA) 2006
 Jonny Malbon (GBR) 0 / 0 Artemis 2 GBR 100 Rogers Yacht Design Ltd Hutton (GBR) 2008
 Kito de Pavant (FRA) 0 / 0 Groupe Bel FRA 360 VPLP-Verdier Indiana Yachting (ITA) 2007
 Loïck Peyron (FRA) 2 / 1 (2nd) Gitana Eighty FRA 80 Farr Yacht Design Southern Ocean Marine (New Zealand) 2007
 Marc Guillemot (FRA) 0 / 0 Safran (2) FRA 25 VPLP-Verdier Larros – Thierry Eluère 2007
 Marc Thiercelin (FRA) 3 / 2 (2nd) DCNS FRA 1000 Finot-Conq Multiplast (coque et intégration), Chantier naval de Larros (pont) 2008
 Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) 1 / 1 (1st) Foncia FRA 101 Farr Yacht Design CDK Technologies 2007
 Mike Golding (GBR) 2 / 2 (3rd) Ecover 3 GBR 03 Owen Clarke Design Group Hakes Marine (Wellington, NZL) 2007
 Norbert Sedlacek (AUT) 1 / 0 Nauticsport-Kapsch AUT 36 Joubert-Nivelt-Sedlacek Garcia / N. Sedlacek 1995 / 2003
 Raphaël Dinelli (FRA) 3 / 1 (12th) Fondation Océan Vital FRA 77 Nándor Fa Fa Hajó 1996
 Rich Wilson (USA) 0 / 0 Great American III USA 37 Nivelt Thierry Dubois 1999 [14]
 Roland Jourdain (FRA) 2 / 1 (3rd) Véolia Environnement FRA 29 Marc Lombard JMV Industries 2004 [15]
 Steve White (GBR) 0 / 0 Toe In The Water GBR 55 Finot-Conq JMV Industries 1998
 Samantha Davies (GBR) 0 / 0 Roxy FRA 40 Finot-Conq MAG France Fontenay le Comte 2000
 Sébastien Josse (FRA) 1 / 1 (5th) BT EUR 888 Farr Yacht Design Offshore Challenges, Cowes, GBR 2007
 Unaï Basurko (ESP) 0 / 0 Pakea Bizkaia ESP 26 Murray-Burns & Dovell Jarkan – Kanga Birtles 2005
 Vincent Riou (FRA) 1 / 1 (1st) PRB 3 FRA 85 Farr Yacht Design CDK Technologies 2006
 Yannick Bestaven (FRA) 0 / 0 Aquarelle.com – Charente Maritime FRA 01 Finot-Conq Thierry Eluère 1996
 Yann Éliès (FRA) 0 / 0 Generali FRA 22 Finot-Conq Multiplast 2007 [16]

References

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  1. ^ "Desjoyeaux wins Vendee Globe for second time". New York Times. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Denis Horeau appointed Race Director for the 8th Vendée Globe". Race Organisers. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2021-01-20.=
  3. ^ a b "A look back at the 2008–2009 Vendée Globe". 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  4. ^ Agence France-Presse (13 January 2009). "Competitor Wins Appeal". New York Times. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Vendée Globe Ranking". Vendée Globe. Archived from the original on 16 March 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Keel bulb loss for Jourdain". 30 January 2009.
  7. ^ "'Gutted' Golding abandons Vendee". 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  8. ^ "The dream is over for Loïck Peyron, Gitana Eighty has dismasted in the Indian Ocean".
  9. ^ "Vendeé Globe: Stamm runs aground". 15 December 2008.
  10. ^ "Groupe Apicil". Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  11. ^ "Actualités – Groupe Bel has dismasted – Vendée Globe".
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