GOING SOLO

PATRICK KIDD

DO YOU YEARN TO GET AWAY FROM EVERYONE at Christmas? Try Point Nemo in the South Pacific. The oceanic pole of inaccessibility is the farthest place on the planet from land. The Pitcairns to the north and Antarctica to the south are 1,600 miles away. Often the nearest human life is on the International Space Station. And it is where 40 men and women would dearly love to be this 25 December. They are the competitors in the tenth VENDÉE GLOBE, a quadrennial solo circumnavigation that left France on 10 November — and if they pass Point Nemo at Christmas they will probably be leading the fleet. In 2020, Yannick Bestaven, the eventual winner, and Charlie Dalin reached Nemo just 1.2 nautical miles apart after racing for almost 17,000, a…

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