The 2016–2017

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is a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for

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class yachts this is the eighth edition of the race.

Summary

The 2016 – 17 race started from

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on 6 November 2016; was the eighth edition of the, with 29 skippers from ten countries. It lasted 124.5 days while going around the three great capes – the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa),

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(Australia) and

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(Chile) and saw a record 18 skippers make it to the finish line. 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. 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. Other records were set during the course, including the greatest distance covered by a monohull over the course of 24h, the fastest southbound crossing of the Equator and Cape of Good Hope by Alex Thomson. Winner Armel Le Cléac'h also broke the record for the fastest crossing of Cape Leeuwin, Cape Horn and the Equator (northbound). 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. 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. Race Director for this edition was Denis Horeau who heads the event management team having done the role for the

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editions.

Results

Finishing time

Penalised two hours for an involuntary rupture of the propeller shaft scrutineering seal.

Stage times

''This data comes from the official website.
25 November 2016''

List of participants sailor and boats

Gallery of sailors

File:Alex Thomson VG2012.jpg,
'' IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss 6, Hugo Boss 6'' File:Alan Roura (7).jpg,
'' La Fabrique'' File:Arnaud Boissières.jpg,
'' La Mie câline'' File:Vendée Globe 2016 - Armel Le Cléac'h (30764004362).jpg,
'' Banque populaire VIII'' File:Bertrand de Broc 2012.jpg,
'' MACSF'' File:Conrad Colman (3).jpg,
'' Foresight Natural Energy'' File:Didac Costa (20).jpg,
'' One planet One Ocean'' File:Enda O'Coineen (5).jpg,
'' Kilcullen Voyager - Team Ireland'' File:Eric Bellion.jpg,
'' Comme un seul homme'' File:Fabrice Amedeo (5).jpg,
'' Newrest-Matmutt'' File:Jean-Pierre Dick VG2012 (1).jpg,
'' StMichel-Virbac'' File:Jean Le Cam (11).jpg,
'' Finistère Mer Vent'' File:Jérémie Beyou VG2012.jpg,
'' Maître Coq'' File:Kito de Pavant 2012.jpg,
'' Bastide-Otio'' File:Kojiro Shiraishi (11) crop.jpg,
'' Spirit of Yukoh'' File:Transat Jacques Vabre 2013 - Louis Burton.JPG,
'' Bureau Vallée'' File:Morgan Lagravière.jpg,
'' Safran III'' File:Nandor Fa (8) cropped.jpg,
'' Spirit of Hungary'' File:Record SNSM 2015 - Paul Meilhat.jpg,
'' SMA'' File:Vendée Globe 2016 - Pieter Heerema (30764007502).jpg,
'' No Way Back'' File:Rich Wilson (9).jpg,
'' Great American IV'' File:Vendée Globe 2016 - Romain Attanasio (30880347105).jpg,
'' Famille Mary – Étamine du Lys'' File:Sebastien Destremau (3).jpg,
'' TechnoFirst-FaceOcean'' File:Transat Jacques Vabre 2013 - Sébastien Josse.jpg,
'' Gitana 16'' File:Portrait Stéphane Le Diraison ©Adrien François (2).jpg,
'' Compagnie du Lit-Boulogne Billancourt'' File:Tanguy de Lamotte 1.jpg,
'' Initiatives-Cœur (2)'' File:Thomas-Ruyant-Transat-6.50.jpg,
Le Souffle du Nord File:Vincent Riou 2006.jpg,
'' PRB'' File:Yann Eliès Quéguiner Sailing Team.jpg,
'' Quéguiner – Leucémie Espoir''

Gallery of yachts

File:Armel Le Cléac'h (17).jpg, '' Banque populaire VIII'' File:Kito De Pavant (7).jpg, '' Bastide-Otio''
File:Louis Burton (8).jpg, '' Bureau Vallée''
File:Eric Bellion (6).jpg, '' Comme un seul homme''
File:Compagnie Du Lit-Boulogne Billancourt(1).jpg, '' Compagnie du Lit-Boulogne Billancourt''
File:Romain Attanasio (2).jpg, '' Famille Mary – Étamine du Lys''
File:Finistère Mer Vent(1).jpg, '' Finistère Mer Vent''
File:Conrad Colman (6).jpg, '' Foresight Natural Energy''
File:Sebastien Josse (10).jpg, '' Gitana 16''
File:Rich Wilson (20).jpg, '' Great American IV''
File:Alex Thomson (5).jpg, '' IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss 6, Hugo Boss 6''
File:Tanguy De Lamotte (6).jpg, '' Initiatives-Cœur (2)''
File:Enda O'Coinnen (2).jpg, '' Kilcullen Voyager - Team Ireland''
File:Alan Roura (3).jpg, '' La Fabrique''
File:Arnaud Boissières (3).jpg, '' La Mie câline''
File:Thomas Ruyant (2).jpg, '' Le Souffle du Nord''
File:Bertrand De Broc (5).jpg, '' MACSF''

' File:Maître Coq.jpg, '' Maître Coq''
File:Fabrice Amedeo (9).jpg, '' Newrest-Matmut''
File:No Way Back(1).jpg, '' No Way Back''
File:Didac Costa (5).jpg, '' One planet One Ocean''
File:Vincent Riou (4).jpg, '' PRB 4''

File:YANN ELIÈS 1.jpg, '' Quéguiner – Leucémie espoir''

File:Morgan Lagravière (2).jpg, '' Safran III''
File:Nandor Fa (2).jpg, '' Spirit of Hungary''
File:Jean Pierre Dick (8).jpg, '' StMichel-Virbac''
File:Kojiro Shiraishi (9).jpg, '' Spirit of Yukoh''
File:SMA(1).jpg, '' SMA''
File:Sébastien Destremau (13).jpg, '' TechnoFirst-FaceOcean''

Sailors and boat details

References

External links

Official Website

Official You Tube Channel

Official Facebook Page
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