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Vendée Globe: Images from the dock

by Editor 10 Nov 2024 22:54 AEDT 10 November 2024

40 skippers, 40 IMOCA yachts, hundred of support team members, and thousands of supporters in Les Sables d'Olonne as the sailor set out for the 10th Vendée Globe race.

10th Vendée Globe departure - Yannick Bestaven on Maître CoQ V - photo © Jean-Louis Carli / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Yannick Bestaven on Maître CoQ V - photo © Jean-Louis Carli / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Charlie Dalin leaves the dock on MACIF Santé Prévoyance - photo © Jean-Louis Carli / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Charlie Dalin leaves the dock on MACIF Santé Prévoyance - photo © Jean-Louis Carli / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Guirec Soudée speaks with the media - photo © Jean-Marie Liot / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Guirec Soudée speaks with the media - photo © Jean-Marie Liot / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Paul Meilhat chats with well wishers - photo © Olivier Blanchet / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Paul Meilhat chats with well wishers - photo © Olivier Blanchet / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Boris Herrmann walking down the dock with his dog - photo © Jean-Marie Liot / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Boris Herrmann walking down the dock with his dog - photo © Jean-Marie Liot / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Maxime Sorel walking past the trophy - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Maxime Sorel walking past the trophy - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Nicolas Lunven looks at the trophy - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Nicolas Lunven looks at the trophy - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - the crowds line the channel - photo © Mark Lloyd / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - the crowds line the channel - photo © Mark Lloyd / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - thumbs up from Denis Van Weynbergh - photo © Olivier Blanchet / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - thumbs up from Denis Van Weynbergh - photo © Olivier Blanchet / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Yoann Richomme walks straight past the trophy without even a glance - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Yoann Richomme walks straight past the trophy without even a glance - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Charlie Dalin speaks to the media on the dock - photo © Vincent Curutchet / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Charlie Dalin speaks to the media on the dock - photo © Vincent Curutchet / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - thumbs up from Sébastien Marsset as he passes the trophy - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - thumbs up from Sébastien Marsset as he passes the trophy - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Pip Hare with the trophy - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Pip Hare with the trophy - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - the Initiatives-Cœur team - photo © Jean-Louis Carli / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - the Initiatives-Cœur team - photo © Jean-Louis Carli / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Benjamin Ferré smiling as he passes the trophy - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Benjamin Ferré smiling as he passes the trophy - photo © Anne Beaugé / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - the crowds line the channel - photo © Mark Lloyd / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - the crowds line the channel - photo © Mark Lloyd / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Pip Hare chats with well wishers - photo © Olivier Blanchet / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Pip Hare chats with well wishers - photo © Olivier Blanchet / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Sam Davies approaches her boat, Initiatives-Cœur - photo © Jean-Louis Carli / Alea
10th Vendée Globe departure - Sam Davies approaches her boat, Initiatives-Cœur - photo © Jean-Louis Carli / Alea
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