Starting the Vendée Globe for his fifth time and as a solo sailor who really has built a global following, he needs no introduction. He grew up in Wales initially where he developed his love of sailing fast as a windsurfer. When he took a team to victory on the 1999 Clipper Race at 25 he became the youngest skipper to win a round the world race. Now one of his preferences – away from his IMOCA - under sail is kite-foiling. He has been successively third and then second on the Vendée Globe, will this be the one for Alex Thomson?
