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Vendée Globe 2000 · Sillage

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Finished4th edition

Vendée Globe 2000

Les Sables-d'Olonne

Races
Vendée Globe

Single-handed

Starters: 24

Nations: 7; 24 skippers

: 63%; 24 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: 9 November 2000 – 10 February 2001
: Not provided
Organizer: Not provided
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The winner

Michel Desjoyeaux

PRB · IMOCA

93d03h57min00s

New race record

1stMichel Desjoyeaux
2ndEllen MacArthur · Kingfisher · +1 d 00 h 28 min
3rdRoland Jourdain · Sill Matines La Potagère · +2 d 21 h 05 min

The fleet

24boats at the start

7 nations

The sailors24 sailors

nations: 7
women: 2
years on average: 39

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At the finish

63 %of starters finished

9 retirements · main cause:

The race in 2 dates

9 Nov
Start
Les Sables-d'Olonne
10 Feb
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

Wikipedia (fr)fr.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)

WikidataQ1991390 (opens in a new tab)