Off to a flying start! Vendée Globe, 1 week in
To contextualise the race, if you’ve ever done any round-the-cans yacht racing, just under seven days into the Vendee Globe and the lead boats have just rounded the ‘windward’ (first) mark. Stage one of the race saw some tricky conditions, both tactically and weather-wise. Then of course, there was storm Theta, a deep depression that…