IMOCA Open 60 - Vendée Globe 2024 - Les Sables d'Olonne FRA - Violette Dorange FRA

Violette Dorange FRA, the youngest ever Vendée participant at the age of 23, began her offshore career in the Optimist eight years ago by crossing the English Channel and the Strait of Gibraltar with her Optimist! She then switched to the 420, where she shone in 2016-2018 with three podium finishes at the Junior World Championships. In 2018, she finished 16th at the 2018 Mini-Transat, and then changed to the Figaro 3 single-handed class for 3 seasons. With Jean Le Cam FRA's Open 60, she is now taking part in the Vendée Globe for the first time and is already one of the favorites among the conventional Open 60s without foils. ----- The report.