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Vendée Globe 1989 · Sillage

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Finished1st edition

Vendée Globe 1989

Les Sables-d'Olonne

Races
Vendée Globe

Single-handed

Starters: 13

Nations: 3; 13 skippers

: 54%; 13 starts

Finish rateFinishes (outside the time limit included) over starts; a disqualified boat counts as a start. Greyed out under 5 starts.See in the glossary

Facts

Start: Les Sables-d'Olonne
Finish: Les Sables-d'Olonne
Dates: 26 Nov 1989, 14:15 UTC – 16 March 1990
: Not provided
Organizer: Not provided
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The winner

Titouan Lamazou

Écureuil d'Aquitaine II · IMOCA

109d08h48min50s

New race record

1stTitouan Lamazou
2ndLoïck Peyron · Lada Poch · +16 h 29 min
3rdJean-Luc Van Den Heede · 36.15 MET · +2 d 16 h 25 min

The fleet

13boats at the start

3 nations

The sailors13 sailors

nations: 3
women: 0
years on average: 38

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At the finish

54 %of starters finished

6 retirements · main cause:

The race in 2 dates

26 Nov
Start
Les Sables-d'Olonne
16 Mar
End of the race

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Distance (nm)The unit of distance at sea: 1,852 metres.See in the glossary

Rudder damage

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WikidataQ2393468 (opens in a new tab)