Vendee Globe - Sebastien Josse (VMI) fifth in the race

It was at 12 hours 04 minutes and 10 seconds GMT this Tuesday 8th February 2005 that the 60 foot monohull VMI skippered by Sébastien Josse 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 93 days 00 hours and 02 minutes and 10 seconds at an average theoretical speed across the course of 10.61 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 GMT.
Date of second arrival : Jean Le Cam (Bonduelle) on Thursday 3 February 2005 at 05hr 22mn 08sec GMT.
Date of third arrival: Mike Golding (Ecover) on Friday 4 February 2005 at 03 hr 17 minutes 13 seconds GMT.
Date of fourth arrival: Dominique Wavre (Temenos) on Tuesday 8 February 2005 at 05 hr 15 minutes 20 seconds GMT.
Josse’s Race time : 93 days 00 hours 02 minutes 10 seconds.
Delay behind leader :.5 days 13 hours 14 minutes 15 seconds.