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Ocean Challenge Live! – The Vendee Globe 2008

Ocean Challenge Live! - The Vendee Globe 2008

Solo, Non-Stop, Around-the-World Race

  • Racing Great American III
    • About Rich Wilson
    • About Great American III
    • Vendee Globe 2008-2009
    • Rich’s Asthma
    • Shore Support Crew
    • Press Releases
    • Press Coverage
    • Cool Stuff
    • Glossary
  • Daily Updates
    • Ship Log
    • Ship’s Position
    • Daily Podcast from sea
    • Daily Weather Maps
  • Saturday Updates
    • Essays
    • Photo Galleries
    • Q&A
  • Team of Experts
    • Prof. Dava Newman, M.I.T.
    • Dr. Brien Barnewolt, Emergency Medicine, Tufts Medical Ctr.
    • Dava Sobel, Author, Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter
    • Dr. Chris Fanta, Asthma, Brigham & Women’s Hosp.
    • Capt. Eric Wallischecke, USMS
    • Samuel Scott, Maritime Art, Peabody Essex Museum
    • Dr. Jan Witting, Sea Education Association
    • Marti Shea, Select Fitness
    • Dr. Ioannis N. Miaoulis, Museum of Science
    • Laura Mirabella, Shipping Broker
    • Capt. Murray Lister, M.V. Cape York
    • Dr. Ambrose Jearld, National Marine Fisheries Service
    • Dr. Chuck Czeisler, Sleep, Brigham & Women’s Hosp.
    • Sean T. Connaughton, U.S. Maritime Administrator
    • Lorraine Leo, Technology Teacher
    • Rich du Moulin, Owner, Intrepid Shippin
    • Scott Hamilton, Investment Advisor & Explorer
  • Teacher’s Guide 2008
    • Family Activities
  • FAQ
Announcements
  • A Call to AntarcticaOn March 10, 2009 at 13:43:19 French time, Skipper Rich Wilson and Great American III crossed the finish line at Les Sables d'Olonne. Race time: 121 days, 41 minutes and 19 seconds
  • Thank you for all of your kind notes, and for joining us on another educational adventure at sitesALIVE!

Month: November 2008

4913 Miles Down!

Posted on November 30, 2008April 17, 2020 by Erin Brochu

Slept more last night, at the chart table, but with sleeping bag, boat rocketing along, the pain in my rib is stable/moderate. Had a big rainstorm in the middle of

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Ship Log

Asthma at Sea

Posted on November 29, 2008April 22, 2020 by Erin Brochu

By Dr. Chris Fanta, Brigham & Women’s Hospital While the challenges that Rich Wilson and the skippers of Vendée Globe face are enormous—managing a large sailing vessel by yourself, day after

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Essay

Environment: Water & Air

Posted on November 29, 2008May 26, 2020 by Erin Brochu

By Rich Wilson, Aboard  Great American III What better symbol could there be for the interconnectedness of the world than the Vendée Globe, a non-stop around-the-world sailing event? As a skipper

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Essay

Paying the Penalty

Posted on November 29, 2008April 17, 2020 by Erin Brochu

Way back at the start of the race, in the difficult conditions of a bad seaway six of the fleet, including us, missed a buoy that was supposed to be

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Ship Log

Ice Gate

Posted on November 28, 2008June 1, 2020 by Erin Brochu

This is a screenshot of MaxSea, a weather analysis and routing software program that many of the boats use. The red icon is Great American III. The two blue lines, southwest of

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Ship Log

C’est un bel jour

Posted on November 28, 2008April 17, 2020 by Erin Brochu

Le soleil brille, c’est un bel jour. Je suis arrete hier soir pour une heure et demi avec la grande voile pour fair une petite ajustment a la drisse. Je sais la

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Ship Log

Rib Redux

Posted on November 26, 2008June 1, 2020 by Erin Brochu

Today was an easy day for sail changes with only minor adjustments, but it was a difficult day for my back. Yesterday the pounding of the boat was so bad

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Ship Log

Making Choices

Posted on November 24, 2008April 17, 2020 by Erin Brochu

95 miles to the equator. We thought that we’d escaped the doldrums yesterday, but that was not the case. On the weather maps you could see the pressure gradient chasing

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Ship Log

The Doldrums

Posted on November 23, 2008April 17, 2020 by Erin Brochu

I think that we’re through the doldrums, finally. Yesterday was a bad day. We sailed into the doldrums in the dark of the morning, under a cloud so black and foreboding

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Ship Log

Dead Reckoning

Posted on November 22, 2008April 22, 2020 by Erin Brochu

by Dava Sobel, author of  Longitude Skipper Rich will soon cross the Equator, 0º latitude, the great dividing line between Earth’s northern and southern hemispheres. Having traveled from 46º30´N at the

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Essay
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