Dinelli finishes his Vendée
by Event media on 13 Mar 2005
It was at 16 hours 09 minutes and 14 seconds GMT on Saturday 12th March that the 60 foot monohull Akena Verandas skippered by Raphael Dinelli crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe, a single-handed race, without stopovers and without assistance departing and finishing in Les Sables d’Olonne (France).
The race time to make the 23 680 miles is 125 days 04 hours 07 minutes and 14 seconds at an average theoretical speed across the course of 7.88 knots.
Dinelli finishes the epic race in 12th place in France. Only 33 year old Karen Leibovici on her first Vendée remains at sea. It is hoped she will finish in the next 24 hours or so.
References (GMT) :
Start and finish : Les Sables d’Olonne (France)
Number of miles to cover : 23 680 miles
Start date : Sunday 7 November 2004 at 1202 GMT
Date of first arrival : Vincent Riou (PRB) on
Wednesday 2 February 2005 at 22hr 49mn 55sec.
Date of second arrival : Jean Le Cam (Bonduelle) on Thursday 3 February 2005 at 05hr 22mn 08sec.
Date of third arrival: Mike Golding on Friday 4 February 2005 at 03 hr 17 minutes 13 sec.
Date of fourth arrival: Dominique Wavre on Tuesday 8 February at 05 hr 15 minutes 20 sec.
Date of fifth arrival: Sébastien Josse on Tuesday 8 February at 12 hr 04 minutes 10 sec.
Date of sixth arrival: Jean Pierre Dick on Sunday 13 February at 15 hr 51 minutes 38 sec.
Date of seventh arrival: Conrad Humphreys on Sunday 20 February at 02 hr 34 minutes 24 sec.
Date of eighth arrival: Joé Seeten on Sunday 20 February at 11 hr 04 minutes 45 sec.
Date of ninth arrival: Bruce Schwab on Friday 25 February at 08 hr 00 minutes 57 sec.
Date of tenth arrival: Benoît Parnaudeau on Thursday 3 March at 13 hr 08 minutes 54 sec.
Date of eleventh arrival: Anne Liardet on Sunday 6th March at 17 hr 30 minutes 40 sec.
Dinelli’s Race time : 125 days 04 hours 07 minutes 14 seconds.
Delay behind winner: 37 days 17 hours and 19 minutes and 19 seconds.
Dinelli’s Race (Akena Verandas) :
Passage of the equator (outward trip) : 21 November 2004 at 1100 GMT 13 days 22 hours and 58 minutes
Passage of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) : 10 December 2004 at 2030 GMT after 33 days 08 hours and 28 minutes
Passage of Cape Leeuwin (Australia) : 29 December 2004 at 0230 GMT after 51 days 14 hours and 18 minutes
Passage of Cape Horn (Chile) : on 28 January 2005 at 1000 GMT after 81 days 21 hours and 58 minutes
Passage of the equator (return) : on 18 February 2005 at 0945 GMT after 102 days 21 hours and 43 minutes
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