Barcelona’s Didac Costa (One Planet One Ocean) finishes 20th in his second Vendée Globe
Catalonian firefighter Didac Costa finished his second Vendée Globe solo round the world race this evening at 19:47:03hrs UTC, crossing the line off Les Sables d’Olonne in 20th place in an elapsed time of 97d 06hrs 27m 03s. When he set off with the record sized field of 33 solo skippers on Sunday 8th November, the quiet, humble skipper from Barcelona was hoping to beat his 108d 19hrs time on the 2016-17 race and to get closer to the 94 days 4 hours record for his boat set when it was new, finishing second in 2001 in the hands of Ellen MacArthur.
Here are a few little highlights of the Press Conference of Alan Roura the young skipper of La Fabrique who has already completed two Vendee Globes at the age of 27.
Given the awful weather sweeping the Azores, at least there is no temptation to drop in to Horta to say hello to Armando de Castro, and have a drink at Peter's :)
News12 February 2021
The highlights of Pip Hare's Press Conference '2024 with wings'
After her late night arrival into the Les Sables d'Olonne channel Britain's Pip Hare was on top form this morning when she caught up with the media assembled on site and on line from all around the world...and this is Pip.....
