IMOCAs storm-bound off Iceland
Jul 14, 2022
2 minutes
The second running of the Vendée Arctique Race, the newest event on the IMOCA calendar, had to be shortened and then abandoned after a 50-knot storm and cross seas swept the fleet in the North Atlantic.
Twenty-five solo skippers began the 3,500-mile race which started on 12 June from Les Sables d’Olonne, and is the first of five qualifying races for the 2024 Vendée Globe. Unusually the Vendée Arctique
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