Unprecedented solo monohull speeds proceed to be sustained by the main 5 boats on the Vendée Globe as they head in the direction of the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope.
Les Sables d’Olonne’s Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) has proven speeds extra worthy of his airline sponsor than a solo around the world yacht race, pushing the 24-hour solo monohull document larger and better on successive skeds in the present day, reaching a new greatest ever mark of 614.25 nautical miles over the 24 hours to 1330hrs UTC in the present day. Read on.