28
May
New York Vendée: final solo challenge before the Vendée Globe
Boris Herrmann is about to embark on the final major test before the Vendée Globe race next November. Starting on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 2:00 pm local time, the Team Malizia skipper will compete solo in a transatlantic race covering 3,200 nautical miles from New York back to France, against 27 IMOCA sailors.
by Hélène Katz
Malizia - Seaexplorer in front of the Statue of Liberty in New York during the Vendée Liberty race last Friday
© Marie Lefloch / Team Malizia
Team Malizia panel debate on the High Seas and how to protect them in New York
© Dani Devine / Team Malizia
Malizia - Seaexplorer in front of the Manhattan skyline during the Vendée Liberty race last Friday
© Marie Lefloch / Team Malizia
The IMOCA boats in front of the Statue of Liberty in New York during the Vendée Liberty race last Friday
© Mark Llyod / Jean-Louis Carli / Vendée Globe
Malizia - Seaexplorer will depart Manhattan to be on the start line of the New York Vendée race on 29 May 2024
© Marie Lefloch / Team Malizia
Boris Herrmann will compete in one more transat before the start of the Vendée Globe
© Dani Devine / Team Malizia