The 2000–2001 Vendée Globe is a non-stop solo round-the-world yacht race for IMOCA 50 and IMOCA 60 class yachts. This is the fourth edition of the race starting on 9 November 2000 from Les Sables-d'Olonne.

Summary The departure originally planned for Sunday, November 5 but the decision was made to delay the postponed start till Thursday, 9 November 2000 a delay of 4 days due to bad weather.

This race was the first major test of the new safety rules, introduced following the tragedies the previous races. Overall, it was a success; although some boats were again forced to retire from the race, none were lost. This race included the youngest-ever entrant, Ellen MacArthur, who at 24 years old competed in her custom-built boat Kingfisher.

Yves Parlier was the first to establish a lead, and headlines were made by Dominique Wavre of Switzerland on 10 December 2000 when his 430 nautical miles broke the 24-hour record for distance sailed single-handed. Parlier was soon under attack by Michel Desjoyeaux, who then moved into the lead. Parlier dismasted while pushing to catch up and lost contact with race organizers, resulting in MacArthur being diverted to provide assistance. MacArthur resumed racing when contact with Parlier was restored, and managed to maintain fourth place.

Desjoyeaux extended his lead to by Cape Horn, and MacArthur closed steadily, moving up to second place. By the mid-Atlantic she had caught up, and while negotiating the calms and variable winds of the Doldrums, the two traded the lead position several times.

MacArthur's chance to win was lost when she struck a semi-submerged container and was forced to make repairs. Desjoyeaux and PRB, flying the French flag, went on to win the race in 93d 3h 57', with MacArthur and Kingfisher under the flag of Great Britain finishing second at 94d 4h 25', and Roland Jourdain and Sill Matines La potagère, also under the French flag, finishing third at 96d 1h 2'. MacArthur pulled in to a rapturous reception, as "the youngest ever competitor to finish, the fastest woman around the planet — and only the second solo sailor to get around the globe in less than 100 days." Parlier, meanwhile, had anchored off New Zealand, and managed to fabricate by himself a new carbon-fibre mast from his broken one, and continuing racing, gained an official place.

Incidents Retirement causes

Other incidents

Results

+Table: Order of Finish, 2000–2001 Vendée GlobePosSailorYachtTimeNoteRef1 PRB 293d 03h 57'(new record) 2 Kingfisher94d 04h 25' 3 Sill Matines La potagère96d 01h 02' 4 Active Wear102d 20h 37' 5 Union Bancaire Privée105d 02h 45' 6 Sodébo105d 07h 24' 7 Team Group 4110d 16h 22' 8 Bernard GallayVoilà.fr111d 16h 07' 9 Gartmore111d 19h 48' 10 Chocolats du Monde115d 16h 46' 11VM Matériaux116d 00h 32' IMOCA 5012Aquarelle.com121d 01h 28' 13 Aquitaine Innovations126d 23h 36' 14 DDP / 60e Sud135d 15h 17' 15 Pasquale De GregorioWind Telecomunicazioni158d 02h 37' IMOCA 50Did not finishDNF Whirlpool-Europe 2Dismasted DNF SolidairesElectronic problems DNF Sogal ExtensoDamaged rudder DNFModern University For The Humanitiesretired DNFOld Spiceretired DNF Euroka Servicesdamaged rudder DNF This Time – Argos – Help For Autistic Childrenrig damage DNF Armor-Lux/foies Gras steering problem DNF Libre Belgique beached (IMOCA 50)

Entries Participants gallery

Participant facts equipment Twenty skippers started the race a qualification passage was required to validate the registration of each boat, this course could have been carried out as part of another sailing race.

+List of participants and equipment used Skipper Prev. participation(Start/Finish) Name of boat Sail no. Naval architect Builder Launch date Ref. 1 / 0 Voilà.fr Finot-Conq JMV Industries 1994 Never Armor-Lux/foies Gras SUI 77 Pierre Roland Bernard Stamm 1998 1 / 6 Whirlpool-Europe 2 92 Lombard Lemonchoix, at Mag 1998 Never Union Bancaire Privée SUI 9 Finot-Conq JMV 1999 1 / 0 Phil Morrison Rowsell and Morrison 1990 Never Kingfisher 888 Rob HumphreysMervin Owen Marten Marine (NZL) 2000 Never Old Spice Ricardo Texedo Talinco Composite (ESP) 1992 Never Gartmore Finot-Conq JMV Industries 1998 Never Nord-pas-de-Calais/chocolats du Monde Harle Mortain CDK 1991 1 / 1 (2nd) Active Wear Finot-Conq JMV Industries 1998 Never PRB 2 FRA 85 Finot-Conq MAF (FRA) 2000 Never Team Group 4 GBR 4 Finot-Conq JMV Industries 1998 Never Wind ITA 159 Umberto Felci Dolphin (Rome) and SC (Latina) 2000 IMOCA 50 1 / 0 VM Matériaux 96 Adrian Thompson Goss Challenge 1996 IMOCA 50 1 / 0 Lightning 17 Berret-Racoupeau FK Boats (ITA) 2000 IMOCA 50 1 / 0 Sogal Extenso Never This Time – Argos – Help For Autistic Children Bouvet-Petit MAG 1992 1 / 0 Sill Matines La Potagère Marc Lombard JMV Industries 2004-04-26 1 / 0 Aquarelle.com Philippe Briand Jeanneau JTA 1989 Never Sodébo Finot-Conq Kiere / Thierry Eluere 1998 2 / 1 (4th) Aquitaine Innovations Finot-Conq Thierry Eluere / Composites Aquitaine 1996

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