The 2016–2017 Vendée Globe was a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 60 class yachts and the eighth edition of the race.
Event title | |
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Name | 2016–2017 Vendée Globe |
Edition | 8th Edition |
Sponsor | Vendee Region of France |
Event details | |
Start location | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
Finish location | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
Course | Single person non-stop round the world race |
Start date | 6 November 2016 |
Finish date | 6 November 2016 |
Yachts | IMOCA 60 |
Key people | Race Director Denis Horeau |
Competitors | |
Competitors | 29 Boats |
Competing nations | 10 Nations |
Results | |
Gold | Armel Le Cléac'h (FRA) Banque populaire VIII |
Silver | Alex Thomson (GBR) Hugo Boss 6 |
Bronze | Jérémie Beyou (FRA) Maître Coq |
Summary
editThe 2016 – 17 race started from Les Sables d'Olonne on 6 November 2016; was the eighth edition of the, with 29 skippers from ten countries.[1] It lasted 124.5 days while going around the three great capes – the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), Cape Leeuwin (Australia) and Cape Horn (Chile) and saw a record 18 skippers make it to the finish line.[2]
This edition of the race was the first to feature foiling monohull boats equipped with hydrofoils and was therefore closely watched to evaluate the durability of foils in such circumstances.[3] Of note, the four foiling boats sailed by professional skippers that made it to the finish line took the top places, indicating that such appendages are likely to be adopted by other sailors (see table below). The winner of this edition was Armel Le Cléac'h, finishing on 19 January 2017 in a record breaking time of 74 days, three hours and 35 minutes.[4] Other records were set during the course, including the greatest distance covered by a monohull over the course of 24h,[5][6] the fastest southbound crossing of the Equator[7] and Cape of Good Hope[8] by Alex Thomson. Winner Armel Le Cléac'h also broke the record for the fastest crossing of Cape Leeuwin,[9] Cape Horn[10] and the Equator (northbound).[11]
The race featured the youngest and oldest skippers ever to complete the race – on consecutive days (Alan Roura, 23 years old; Rich Wilson, aged 66). Also, Didac Costa was forced to return to harbour after less than one hour of sailing as a result of water damage to the boat's electric system. He returned to the race four days later and finished in 14th place.[2] In addition, Conrad Colman finished under jury rig after dismasting 715 nm from the finish, while running short on food and electric power. The latter was compounded by the fact that his boat – Foresight Natural Energy – was propelled solely by renewable energy sources and the critical speed required for using hydrogenerators as well as sunlight to feed his solar panels were short of par. Colman was the first skipper to complete the Vendée Globe without using fossil fuels, two weeks after breaking his mast.[12]
Race Director for this edition was Denis Horeau who heads the event management team having done the role for the 1989, 2004, 2008 and 2012 editions.[13]
Results
editFinishing time
editPos. | Skipper | Boat Name | Finish Time | Elapsed Time | Deltas | Ref. |
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1 | Armel Le Cléac'h (FRA) | Banque populaire VIII | 19 January 2017 at 16 h 37 | 74 d 03 h 35 m 46 s | Record | [15][16] |
2 | Alex Thomson (GBR) | Hugo Boss 6 | 20 January 2017 at 08 h 37 | 74 d 19 h 35 m 15 s | 0 d 15 h 59 m 29 s | [17] |
3 | Jérémie Beyou (FRA) | Maître Coq | 23 January 2017 at 19:40 | 78 d 06 h 38 m 40 s | 4 d 03 h 02 m 54 s | [18] |
4 | Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA) | StMichel-Virbac | 25 January 2017 at 14:47 | 80 d 01 h 45 m 45 s | 5 d 22 h 09 m 59 s | [19] |
5 | Yann Eliès (FRA) | Quéguiner – Leucémie Espoir | 25 January 2017 at 16:13 | 80 d 03 h 11 m 09 s | 5 d 23 h 35 m 23 s | [20] |
6 | Jean Le Cam (FRA) | Finistère Mer Vent | 25 January 2017 at 17:43 | 80 d 04 h 41 m 54 s | 6 d 01 h 06 m 08 s | [21] |
7 | Louis Burton (FRA) | Bureau Vallée | 2 February 2017 at 08:47 | 87 d 21 h 45 m 49 s • | 13 d 18 h 10 m 03 s | [22] |
8 | Nándor Fa (HUN) | Spirit of Hungary | 8 February 2017 at 11:54 | 93 d 22 h 52 m 09 s | 19 d 19 h 16 m 23 s | [23] |
9 | Éric Bellion (FRA) | Comme un seul homme | 13 February 2017 at 17:58 | 99 d 04 h 56 m 20 s | 25 d 01 h 20 m 34 s | [24] |
10 | Arnaud Boissières (FRA) | La Mie câline | 17 February 2017 at 09:26 | 102 d 20 h 24 m 09 s | 28 d 16 h 48 m 23 s | [25] |
11 | Fabrice Amedeo (FRA) | Newrest-Matmut | 18 February 2017 at 10:03 | 103 d 21 h 01 m 00 s | 29 d 17 h 25 m 14 s | [26] |
12 | Alan Roura (SUI) | La Fabrique | 20 February 2017 at 09:12 | 105 d 20 h 10 m 32 s | 31 d 16 h 34 m 46 s | [27] |
13 | Rich Wilson (USA) | Great American IV | 21 February 2017 at 13:50 | 107 d 00 h 48 m 18 s | 32 d 21 h 12 m 32 s | [28] |
14 | Didac Costa (ESP) | One planet One ocean | 23 February 2017 at 08:52 | 108 d 19 h 50 m 45 s | 34 d 16 h 14 m 59 s | [29] |
15 | Romain Attanasio (FRA) | Famille Mary – Étamine du Lys | 24 February 2017 at 11:06 | 109 d 22 h 04 m 00 s | 35 d 18 h 28 m 14 s | [30] |
16 | Conrad Colman (NZL) (USA) | Foresight Natural Energy | 24 February 2017 at 15:00 | 110 d 01 h 58 m 41 s | 35 d 22 h 22 m 55 s | [31] |
17 | Pieter Heerema (NED) | No Way Back | 2 March 2017 at 22:26 | 116 d 09 h 24 m 12 s | 42 d 05 h 48 m 26 s | [32] |
18 | Sébastien Destremau (AUS) (FRA) | TechnoFirst-FaceOcean | 11 March 2017 at 01:41 | 124 d 12 h 38 m 18 s | 50 d 09 h 02 m 32 s | [33] |
DNF | Enda O'Coineen (IRL) | Kilcullen Voyager – Team Ireland | Day 56: Dismasted 180 nm SE of New Zealand | [34] | ||
DNF | Paul Meilhat (FRA) | SMA | Day 49: Hydraulic-keel fissured | [35] | ||
DNF | Stéphane Le Diraison (FRA) | Compagnie du Lit-Boulogne Billancourt | Day 41: Dismasted 950 nautical miles away from Australia | [36] | ||
DNF | Thomas Ruyant (FRA) | Le Souffle du Nord pour Le Projet Imagine | Day 44: Damaged hull due to collision with an UFO | [37][38] | ||
DNF | Sébastien Josse (FRA) | Gitana – Edmond de Rothschild | Day 30: Hydrofoil Damage off Australia | [39] | ||
DNF | Kito de Pavant (FRA) | Bastide-Otio | Day 30: Damaged keel – North of Crozet Islands | [40] | ||
DNF | Kojiro Shiraishi (JPN) | Spirit of Yukoh IV | Day 27: Damaged masthead – South of Cape of Good Hope | [41] | ||
DNF | Tanguy de Lamotte (FRA) | Initiatives-Cœur (2) | Day 23: Damaged masthead – North of Cape Verde Islands | [42] | ||
DNF | Morgan Lagravière (FRA) | Safran III | Day 19: Damaged rudder – South Atlantic | [43] | ||
DNF | Vincent Riou (FRA) | PRB 4 | Day 17: Damaged keel – South Atlantic | [44] | ||
DNF | Bertrand de Broc (FRA) | MACSF | Day 14: Damaged keel - South Atlantic near Fernando de Noronha | [45] |
• Penalised two hours for an involuntary rupture of the propeller shaft scrutineering seal.[46]
Stage times
editThis data comes from the official website.[47][48]
Skipper | Equator | Cape of Good Hope | Leeuwin | Cape Horn | Equator | Finish Line |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Armel Le Cléac'h | 09 d 09 h 56 min | 18 d 03 h 30 min | 28 d 20 h 12 min | 47 d 00 h 32 min | 61 d 12 h 21 min | 74 d 03 h 36 min |
Alex Thomson | 09 d 07 h 02 min | 17 d 22 h 58 min | 29 d 01 h 21 min | 48 d 23 h 40 min | 62 d 05 h 10 min | 74 d 19 h 36 min |
Jérémie Beyou | 09 d 16 h 49 min | 20 d 12 h 41 min | 32 d 05 h 45 min | 51 d 01 h 42 min | 65 d 01 h 27 min | 78 d 06 h 38 min |
Jean-Pierre Dick | 10 d 16 h 51 min | 22 d 21 h 13 min | 33 d 15 h 53 min | 53 d 18 h 32 min | 66 d 22 h 31 min | 80 d 01 h 46 min |
Yann Eliès | 10 d 01 h 17 min | 21 d 03 h 18 min | 33 d 04 h 52 min | 54 d 04 h 54 min | 67 d 12 h 14 min | 80 d 03 h 11 min |
Jean Le Cam | 10 d 10 h 17 min | 23 d 10 h 21 min | 34 d 07 h 00 min | 54 d 03 h 46 min | 67 d 11 h 43 min | 80 d 04 h 42 min |
Louis Burton | 11 d 18 h 39 min | 27 d 05 h 06 min | 38 d 14 h 03 min | 58 d 18 h 48 min | 73 d 02 h 42 min | 87 d 21 h 46 min |
Nándor Fa | 12 d 10 h 28 min | 28 d 00 h 17 min | 40 d 06 h 10 min | 63 d 18 h 36 min | 79 d 05 h 25 min | 93 d 22 h 53 min |
Éric Bellion | 12 d 19 h 55 min | 29 d 04 h 30 min | 44 d 11 h 28 min | 66 d 02 h 47 min | 83 d 11 h 41 min | 99 d 04 h 57 min |
Arnaud Boissières | 12 d 01 h 36 min | 28 d 04 h 19 min | 42 d 12 h 07 min | 70 d 17 h 52 min | 87 d 11 h 36 min | 102 d 20 h 25 min |
Fabrice Amedeo | 12 d 04 h 40 min | 28 d 07 h 59 min | 43 d 21 h 20 min | 70 d 13 h 38 min | 87 d 20 h 20 min | 103 d 21 h 01 min |
Alan Roura | 13 d 14 h 51 min | 29 d 22 h 41 min | 44 d 01 h 11 min | 71 d 04 h 37 min | 89 d 00 h 23 min | 105 d 20 h 11 min |
Rich Wilson | 12 d 16 h 45 min | 29 d 16 h 18 min | 44 d 07 h 38 min | 71 d 14 h 55 min | 91 d 06 h 14 min | 107 d 00 h 49 min |
Didac Costa | 17 d 12 h 21 min | 34 d 01 h 11 min | 48 d 12 h 00 min | 75 d 01 h 41 min | 92 d 15 h 05 min | 108 d 19 h 51 min |
Romain Attanasio | 12 d 19 h 35 min | 34 d 21 h 56 min | 50 d 13 h 31 min | 75 d 08 h 41 min | 92 d 16 h 07 min | 109 d 22 h 04 min |
Conrad Colman | 12 d 03 h 36 min | 28 d 08 h 54 min | 41 d 16 h 47 min | 66 d 16 h 14 min | 84 d 20 h 43 min | 110 d 01 h 59 min |
Pieter Heerema | 13 d 07 h 55 min | 30 d 23 h 06 min | 49 d 08 h 30 min | 79 d 08 h 35 min | 96 d 09 h 56 min | 116 d 09 h 24 min |
Sébastien Destremau | 16 d 02 h 47 min | 35 d 08 h 10 min | 51 d 04 h 01 min | 84 d 01 h 34 min | 104 d 20 h 15 min | 124 d 12 h 39 min |
Enda O'Coineen | 14 d 07 h 34 min | 29 d 21 h 54 min | 44 d 02 h 48 min | abandon | ||
Paul Meilhat | 09 jd12 h 49 min | 20 d 11 h 54 min | 31 d 21 h 38 min | abandon | ||
Stéphane Le Diraison | 12 d 04 h 07 min | 28 d 01 h 48 min | 39 d 20 h 09 min | abandon | ||
Thomas Ruyant | 10 d 16 h 15 min | 23 d 06 h 25 min | 36 d 05 h 47 min | abandon | ||
Sébastien Josse | 09 d 12 h 01 min | 18 d 12 h 42 min | abandon | |||
Kito de Pavant | 11 d 03 h 59 min | 25 d 09 h 08 min | abandon | |||
Kojiro Shiraishi | 12 d 09 h 57 min | abandon | ||||
Vincent Riou | 09 d 10 h 24 min | abandon | ||||
Morgan Lagravière | 09 j 17 h 30 min | abandon | ||||
Bertrand de Broc | 11 d 20 h 01 min | abandon |
List of participants sailor and boats
editGallery of sailors
editGallery of yachts
editSailors and boat details
editReferences
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