Vendee Globe: Alex Thomson compilation from the 2020 Vendee Globe race

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Vendee Globe: Alex Thomson compilation from the 2020 Vendee Globe race

by World on Water 5 Nov 2024 07:58 UTC

Alex Thomson ceases racing in the Vendée Globe © Alex Thomson Racing

British sailor Alex Thomson in his flyer, Hugo Boss, the state of the art IMOCA 60 foot foiler went from leading the 2020 Vendee Globe fleet, to stopped in the south Atlantic, as he restructured the bow of his boat as with all the crashing from a foiling high to the solid ocean as he went through a big weather depression.

The content in this report is a compilation of the reports from World on Water at the time, four years ago.

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