For the first time in the history of the Vendée Globe, and in ocean racing in general, footage from the Southern Ocean off the Kerguelen Islands were sent back today thanks to the joint efforts of the Race Directors, the Vendée Globe audiovisual production team, the French Navy and the French TV channel TF1. Banque Populaire VIII (Armel Le Cléac'h) and Hugo Boss (Alex Thomson) were filmed from a helicopter which took off from the frigate Nivôse, whose mission is to endure the sovereignty of the French territories in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic. There were unprecedented images of two Imocas fitted with foils sailing at more than twenty knots in the middle of the Indian Ocean and at the same time the two skippers were called up over the VHF radio. An exceptional moment in the history of the Everest of the seas, the non-stop solo round the world race.
Credit: Vendee Globe "Marine Nationale / TF1 / Nefertiti Prod" © Saem Vendée / Nefertiti Prod. - 30/11/16
Incroyable ! La Marine Nationale nous a envoyé... by VendeeGlobeTV
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