'As the bow touched down the noise was different... In two seconds my race was over' – Pip Hare's Vendée disaster

The vendean section of the Confédération nationale de la boulangerie-paisserie française expressed on Friday its "relief" after the decision of the La Roche-sur-Yon police court to relax five bakers who had opened on 1 May.

On Friday, the vendean section of the Confédération nationale de la boulangerie-paisserie française expressed its "relief" after the decision of the La Roche-sur-Yon police court to relax five bakers who had opened a 1st May.

'As the bow touched down the noise was different... In two seconds my race was over' – Pip Hare's Vendée disaster

When Pip Hare dismasted in the 2024 Vendée Globe her race ended – but her story didn’t. Pip tells the tale of her remarkable 800-mile self rescueIn the early hours of 15 December 2024, midway between Australia and Antarctica, my second Vendée Globe race came to a devastating end when my IMOCA Medallia dismasted. It still seems crazy that such a complex situation could be summed up in one sentence. Almost exactly halfway through the most competit…