Starting Thursday 9th July @ 7:30pm
TG4 have announced that the station will broadcast the 2008/09 edition of the Vendée Globe Non-stop around the world Sailing Race, starting Thursday 9th July at 7:30pm. The six-part documentary series includes on board footage filmed by the sailors themselves, 3D animations showing their progress around the globe and highlights from the other competitors in this extraordinary race that as ever, lived up to its billing.
In solo ocean racing the Vendée Globe is the greatest challenge. In the most recent edition of the race, 19 of the 30 skippers who started the race failed to finish.
The ‘Everest of the Seas’, the 2008/09 edition of the Vendée Globe lived up to its reputation as one of the world’s toughest sporting challenges. The race started on the 9th November and saw major rescues in the Southern Ocean, where skippers faced the most treacherous waters on the planet.
In theory, the Vendée Globe is an utterly simple affair – a sailing race around the world, for singlehanders, without any stopover. The race has impressed the maritime world and the public in general, to the point where even the strongest superlatives seem unable to define it.
