Switzerlands Alan Roura (La Fabrique), finishes 17th in the Vendée Globe
11 February 2021 - 20:40
Alan Roura, the young Swiss skipper of La Fabrique, crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe at 19:29:56hrs UTC today (Thursday 11th February) to secure 17th position after 95 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes and 56 seconds of racing. Completing his second Vendée Globe today at just 27 years of age, Roura was the youngest competitor among the 33 solo skippers who left Les Sables d’Olonne on Sunday November 8th. In the 2016-17 edition, Roura made history, then at 23 years old, as the youngest ever sailor to finish the race. This time, and racing a more modern, competitive boat than in 2016-17, Roura suffered technical problems with his keel hydraulics early in the race which reoccurred until he finally had to fix his keel in a central position resulting in a loss of performance.
Vendée Globe - Different lives, different oceans
09 January 2021 - 08:01
Skippers of the 14 IMOCAs in the South Atlantic now reap the benefits of clearer, bluer skies, sun warming their skin in the sun and their bodies recover during short restoring naps. The next group to reach Cape Horn and the release into the Atlantic have less than 700 nautical miles to go, among them Switzerland’s Alan Roura and Briton Pip Hare. But for them in the South Pacific, conditions are freezing and uncomfortable. Now stretching of the latitude of Porto Alegre in the south of Brazil where Yannick Bestaven leads by 320 miles to near Tasmania where Sébastien Destremau the back marker is, the fleet spans 7,126 miles .