# 2000–2001 Vendée Globe

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 also featured the youngest entrant ever: Ellen MacArthur, who at 24 years old managed to put together a serious campaign with 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's 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 600 miles (970 km) by Cape Horn, and MacArthur had 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, would go on to win the race at 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 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.

## Results

Table: Order of Finish, 2000–2001 Vendée Globe :
| Pos | Sailor | Yacht | Time | Note |
| 01 | Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) | PRB 2 | 093d 03h 57' | (new record) |
| 02 | Ellen MacArthur (GBR) | Kingfisher | 094d 04h 25' | |
| 03 | Roland Jourdain (FRA) | Sill Matines La potagère | 096d 01h 02' | |
| 04 | Marc Thiercelin (FRA) | Active Wear | 102d 20h 37' | |
| 05 | Dominique Wavre (SUI) | Union Bancaire Privée | 105d 02h 45' | |
| 06 | Thomas Coville (FRA) | Sodébo | 105d 07h 24' | |
| 07 | Mike Golding (GBR) | Team Group 4 | 110d 16h 22' | |
| 08 | Bernard Gallay | Voilà.fr | 111d 16h 07' | |
| 09 | Josh Hall (GBR) | Gartmore | 111d 19h 48' | |
| 10 | Joé Seeten (FRA) | Chocolats du Monde | 115d 16h 46' | |
| 11 | Patrice Carpentier (FRA) | VM Matériaux | 116d 00h 32' | IMOCA 50 |
| 12 | Simone Bianchetti (ITA) | Aquarelle.com | 121d 01h 28' | |
| 13 | Yves Parlier (FRA) | Aquitaine Innovations | 126d 23h 36' | |
| 14 | Didier Munduteguy (FRA) | DDP / 60e Sud | 135d 15h 17' | |
| 15 | Pasquale De Gregorio | Wind Telecomunicazioni | 158d 02h 37' | IMOCA 50 |
| Did not finish ||||||
| DNF | Catherine Chabaud (FRA) | Whirlpool-Europe 2 | Dismasted | Dismasted |
| DNF | Thierry Dubois (FRA) | Solidaires | Electronic problems | Electronic problems |
| DNF | Raphaël Dinelli (FRA) | Sogal Extenso | Damaged rudder | Damaged rudder |
| DNF | Fyodor Konyukhov (RUS) | Modern University For The Humanities | retired | retired |
| DNF | Javier Sansó (ESP) | Old Spice | retired | retired |
| DNF | Éric Dumont (FRA) | Euroka Services | damaged rudder | damaged rudder |
| DNF | Richard Tolkien (GBR) | This Time – Argos – Help For Autistic Children | rig damage | rig damage |
| DNF | Bernard Stamm (SUI) | Armor-Lux/foies Gras | steering problem | steering problem |
| DNF | Patrick de Radiguès (BEL) | Libre Belgique | beached (IMOCA 50) | beached (IMOCA 50) |

## Entries
### Participants gallery

* Bernard Gallay Voilà.fr
* Bernard Stamm (SUI) Armor-Lux/foies Gras
* Catherine Chabaud (FRA) Whirlpool-Europe 2
* Dominique Wavre (SUI) Union Bancaire Privée
* Ellen MacArthur (GBR) Kingfisher
* Fyodor Konyukhov (RUS) Modern Univ./Humanities
* es (ESP) Old Spice
* Marc Thiercelin (FRA) Active Wear
* Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) PRB 2
* Mike Golding (GBR) Team Group 4
* Raphaël Dinelli (FRA) Sogal Extenso
* Roland Jourdain (FRA) Sill Matines La potagère
* Thomas Coville (FRA) Sodébo
* Thierry Dubois (FRA) Solidaires
* Yves Parlier (FRA) Aquitaine Innovations

### 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. |
| Bernard Gallay (FRA) (SUI) | 1 / 0 | Voilà.fr | | Finot-Conq | JMV Industries | 1994 | |
| Bernard Stamm (SUI) | Never | Armor-Lux/foies Gras | SUI 77 | Pierre Roland | Bernard Stamm | 1998 | |
| Catherine Chabaud (FRA) | 1 / 6 | Whirlpool-Europe 2 | 92 | Lombard | Lemonchoix, at Mag | 1998 | |
| Dominique Wavre (SUI) | Never | Union Bancaire Privée | SUI 9 | Finot-Conq | JMV | 1999 | |
| Didier Munduteguy (FRA) | 1 / 0 | DDP 60e Sud | | Phil Morrison | Rowsell and Morrison | 1990 | |
| Ellen MacArthur (GBR) | Never | Kingfisher | 888 | Rob Humphreys Mervin Owen | Marten Marine (NZL) | 2000 | |
| Javier Sansó (ESP) | Never | Old Spice | | Ricardo Texedo | Talinco Composite (ESP) | 1992 | |
| Josh Hall (GBR) | Never | Gartmore | | Finot-Conq | JMV Industries | 1998 | |
| Joé Seeten (FRA) | Never | Nord-pas-de-Calais/chocolats du Monde | | Harle Mortain | CDK | 1991 | |
| Marc Thiercelin (FRA) | 1 / 1 (2nd) | Active Wear | | Finot-Conq | JMV Industries | 1998 | |
| Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA) | Never | PRB 2 | FRA 85 | Finot-Conq | MAF (FRA) | 2000 | |
| Mike Golding (GBR) | Never | Team Group 4 | GBR 4 | Finot-Conq | JMV Industries | 1998 | |
| Pasquale de Gregorio (ITA) | Never | Wind | ITA 159 | Umberto Felci | Dolphin (Rome) and SC (Latina) | 2000 | IMOCA 50 |
| Patrice Carpentier (FRA) | 1 / 0 | VM Matériaux | 96 | Adrian Thompson | Goss Challenge | 1996 | IMOCA 50 |
| Patrick de Radiguès (BEL) | 1 / 0 | Lightning | 17 | Berret-Racoupeau | FK Boats (ITA) | 2000 | IMOCA 50 |
| Raphaël Dinelli (FRA) | 1 / 0 | Sogal Extenso | | | | | |
| Richard Tolkien (GBR) | Never | This Time – Argos – Help For Autistic Children | | Bouvet-Petit | MAG | 1992 | |
| Roland Jourdain (FRA) | 1 / 0 | Sill Matines La Potagère | | Marc Lombard | JMV Industries | 2004-04-26 | |
| Simone Bianchetti (ITA) | 1 / 0 | Aquarelle.com | | Philippe Briand | Jeanneau JTA | 1989 | |
| Thomas Coville (FRA) | Never | Sodébo | | Finot-Conq | Kiere / Thierry Eluere | 1998 | |
| Yves Parlier (FRA) | 2 / 1 (4th) | Aquitaine Innovations | | Finot-Conq | Thierry Eluere / Composites Aquitaine | 1996 | |