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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

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  • 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
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Day 81 – Violent Seas

Posted on January 29, 2009April 14, 2020 by Erin Brochu

Distance covered over last 24 hours: 202.9 nautical miles. 35-45 knots of wind across the deck. Storm jib up and 3 reefs in the main. 15-foot breaking seas. 10.5 knots at 45deg T. Trying to slow down the boat, but it keeps heeling so that when the boat leaps off a wave it lands on its side, not its bottom. Violent outside. Violent inside.

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