It was at 5 hours 15 minutes and 20 seconds GMT this Tuesday 8th February 2005 that the 60 foot monohull Temenos skippered by Dominique Wavre crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe 2004, a single-handed race, without stopovers and without assistance departing and finishing in Les Sables d’Olonne (France).
The race time to make the 23 680 miles is 92 days 17hours and 13 minutes and 20 seconds at an average theoretical speed across the course of 10,64 knots.
References (GMT) :
Start and finish : Les Sables d’Olonne (France)
Number of miles to cover : 23 680 miles
Start date : Sunday 7 November 2004 at 1202 GMT
Date of first arrival : Vincent Riou (PRB) on Wednesday 2 February 2005 at 22hr 49mn 55sec.
Date of second arrival : Jean Le Cam (Bonduelle) on Thursday 3 February 2005 at 05hr 22mn 08sec.
Date of third arrival: Mike Golding on Friday 4 February 2005 at 03 hr 17 minutes 13 seconds. Wavre’s Race time : 92 days 17 hours 13 minutes 25seconds.
Delay behind leader :5 days 6 hours 25 minutes 25 secondes
