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Calamities of the Vendée Globe
Calamities of the Vendée Globe
The nonstop solo around-the-world race has been called the "Everest of the Seas." Like Everest, the Vendée Globe takes prisoners. As the miles left to the finish diminish, so do the number of boats in the race.
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On November 21, Zbigniew “Gutek” Gutkowski of Energa Sailing Team retired from the Vendée Globe after multiple days of trying to fix a failed autopilot.
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