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Charlie Dalin - Vendée Globe favourite?

by worldmarine.media 5 Nov 01:31 PST
Charlie Dalin on the bow of the IMOCA MACIF Santé Prévoyance © JM.Liot / Alea / Disobey / Macif

With just days to go until the start of the Vendée Globe 2024, Ambre Hasson talked to Charlie Dalin, skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance, about his disrupted build to the race, designing his new IMOCA, and his hopes for the race itself.

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