Tokyo, Japan. Wednesday March 31st
After finishing 16^th in the last race Japanese skipper Kojiro Shiraishi is aiming to return for the 2024 Vendée Globe with the objective of finishing eighth or better, and in partnership with main sponsors DMG MORI, has just launched an ambitious programme to significantly increase interest and participation in ocean racing in his native country.

They are among the latest sailors to have sailed around the world. However, for Romain Attanasio, Arnaud Boissières, Clément Giraud, Manuel Cousin and Alexia Barrier, the 2024 Vendée Globe has already started with no real break fro them since they finished the 2020-21 race. As for Sébastien Destremau, he has stopped in New Caledonia. They tell us more

They are among the latest sailors to have sailed around the world. However, for Romain Attanasio, Arnaud Boissières, Clément Giraud, Manuel Cousin and Alexia Barrier, the 2024 Vendée Globe has already started with no real break fro them since they finished the 2020-21 race. As for Sébastien Destremau, he has stopped in New Caledonia. They tell us more

Against an unprecedented global health context which brought on many unique challenges, the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe emerged as a triumph, uniting, inspiring and engaging a wider audience than ever before.

Against an unprecedented global health context which brought on many unique challenges, the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe emerged as a triumph, uniting, inspiring and engaging a wider audience than ever before.