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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!

Category: Essay

Anything but normal

Posted on March 7, 2009April 20, 2020 by Lauren Zike

By Scott Hamilton, Investment Advisor, Explorer Under normal circumstances Rich would have crossed the Doldrums and then picked up the trade winds for a relatively uneventful sail to the finish. Conditions, however,

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Being at sea

Posted on March 7, 2009April 22, 2020 by Erin Brochu

by Rich Wilson, Skipper,  Great American III Last week, the moon rose just after sunset, bright and full, flaunting its perfect geometry. Ringed as I am by 360 degrees of horizon,

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The next expedition

Posted on February 28, 2009December 17, 2020 by Erin Brochu

by Scott Hamilton, Investment Advisor, Explorer When an expedition comes to an end, I don’t really miss much except for my comrades. There is a huge sense of relief when I

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A successful education program

Posted on February 21, 2009April 22, 2020 by Erin Brochu

by  Lorraine Leo , Technology Teacher, Newton, Massachusetts Rich entered the Vendée Globe race in part for the challenge of the race, but mainly for the opportunity to create an

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Defining Success

Posted on February 21, 2009April 22, 2020 by Erin Brochu

by Rich Wilson, Skipper, Great American III For Michel Desjoyeaux, success in the Vendée Globe is winning the race, which he has just done for the second time with an extraordinary

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Decisions At Sea

Posted on February 14, 2009May 26, 2020 by Erin Brochu

by Rich du Moulin, Owner, Intrepid Shipping We all have to make decisions in our lives, many of them important to our friends, families, and ourselves. Rich has had to make

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Decision Making

Posted on February 14, 2009April 22, 2020 by Erin Brochu

by Rich Wilson, Skipper, Great American III Prior to the start of the Vendée Globe race, there were hundreds of decisions made: which boat to use, which qualifying race to sail,

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Sustaining Our Fisheries

Posted on February 7, 2009April 22, 2020 by Erin Brochu

By  Dr. Ambrose Jearld, Jr. , Fisheries Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA As Rich sails across the world’s oceans he may see occasional sharks or whales, but he will

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Resource Depletion

Posted on February 7, 2009April 22, 2020 by Erin Brochu

By  Rich Wilson , Skipper,  Great American III Each boat in the Vendée Globe is an example of resource management and depletion. We bring food, fuel, spare sails, spare electronics,

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The Gulf Stream

Posted on January 31, 2009April 22, 2020 by Erin Brochu

by Captain Murray Lister Nature gives the world so many variations of force and climate. Think of the tides, rain, snow, wind, ice, hurricanes and typhoons. Let us now consider the

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