Vendée Globe 2024 Village Opens, Welcoming Skippers and Fans
The tenth edition of the Vendée Globe launches its village today, offering a preview of the world's toughest solo sailing race set to begin on November 10.
- The Vendée Globe village opens at Les Sables-d'Olonne, featuring 40 Imoca boats and their skippers.
- Visitors can explore a 30,000 m² area with exhibitions and meet the sailors until the race starts.
- The race, known as 'the Everest of the Seas,' challenges sailors to navigate 24,300 nautical miles solo and unassisted.
- Skipper Fabrice Amedeo, returning after a previous mishap, highlights the personal triumph of participating again.
- Yannick Bestaven, the only former winner in this edition, joins a field of highly trained competitors and robust vessels.
Ouest-France 
Le Figaro 