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Frensham Pond Sailing Club sailors in the Virtual Vendée Globe

Virtual Vendée Globe © Virtual Regatta How do you scratch that competitive itch under lockdown? Well for 22 Frensham teams the answer is to race virtually in the Vendée Globe! There were well over one million participants in this latest event! Being 53,942nd does not seem so bad when you convert it to a top 5 finish at an average Nationals event. With around 70 gruelling days some of the leaders were adjusting courses and sails every few hours. days and nights. Much to the dismay of some of their family members. In a lot of ways, it felt like a normal competitive race with:

Goudon wins Virtual Vendée Globe in record time after 68 days of racing

Goudon wins Virtual Vendée Globe in record time after 68 days of racing Wednesday, 20 January 2021 Frenchman Jean-Claude Goudon was crowned Virtual Vendée Globe champion after coming out on top in a race that went down to the wire. After 68 days of racing on the digital sailing platform Virtual Regatta, there was just 1 minute and 35 seconds separating Goudon and German Ronny Jesse. Goudon was the first to cross the finish line as he registered a record time of 68 days 22 hours 16min 4sec. Jesse had to settle for second with 68:22:17:39 seconds while Maxime Thomas of France came third in 68:22:18:34. Skippers from Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Poland and Italy also ranked highly in the final standings.

To foil or not to foil? That is the question

Maxi Edmond de Rothschild returns to Lorient for repairs © E.Stichelbaut / polaRYSE / GITANA S.A Foils are all the rage - there s no doubting that. From the America s Cup, to the Vendée Globe, SailGP, Jules Verne Trophy, International Moths, WASZPs, A Class Catamarans, windsurfers, kiteboards and a plethora of other designs, these eye-catching yachts and dinghies are in the air much of the time. As we ve seen, just about everything has been tried in foiling, including sticking a Moth rig on an Optimist, but the question has to be asked whether going down the foiling route is best for our sport, or whether it should be reigned in for some events and applications.

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