The whole fleet are required to round Iceland in the same direction, with the choice being made by the race directors based on the weather forecast the day before the start. They will then round to the north of Iceland passing clockwise or anti-clockwise. Whilst the Vendée Globe heads south across the Equator, on this race the solo skippers head towards the Arctic Circle. It is a demanding course and one which is very different to the Vendée Globe itself.
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It proved popular with fans too and has thus been incorporated into the IMOCA Globe Series calendar. The first edition proved to offer a great, close-fought test for the skippers, and was generally seen as a bruising affair, which offered a good opportunity to push boats to their limits. So the idea was conceived to race into high northern latitudes for the first time for the IMOCA class. The Vendée Arctique was born during Covid when two key transatlantic races had to be cancelled in the immediate lead up to the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe and skippers were in danger of being short of the hard ocean racing miles needed to test their boats. The race may not be familiar to many – this is only the second edition of the race after a successful first running back in early 2020. The Vendée Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne race is set to begin this weekend, Sunday 12 June 2022 and will see 25 solo skippers competing on their IMOCA 60s.
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