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93 days 22 hours 52 minutes

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Nándor Fa in the TOP 10 of the IMOCA World Championship 2015-16

The winner of the Vendée Globe has had a double success taking the title of IMOCA world champion for the second time, for the period 2015-2016, which ended with the Vendée Globe. This is the second time Armel Le Cléac’h … continue

The Elysée Palace hosted a grand ceremony where the Head of State honoured the heroes of offshore racing – 20th April

The Elysée Palace hosted a grand ceremony where the Head of State honoured the heroes of offshore racing. Twenty-three of the twenty-nine Vendée Globe skippers attended the event, gathering around winner Armel Le Cléac’h, appointed Knight of the Legion of … continue

SOH77 – Vendée Globe day of ARRIVAL – AN INCREDIBLE SPIRIT: Nandor FA delighted with eight – the LAST ship log

?93 days 22 hours 52 minutes nonstop around the World ? (recorded SOH77 live videos here below) The Last LOG from Nándor Fa on his ARRIVAL to Les Sables d’Olonne “7th Febr. in the night. During the night numerous cargos have passed us, but none … continue

Vendée Globe 12-13th week -SOH77 Ship Log from Nandor Fa –  Spirit of Hungary in February, Vendée Globe 2016-2017 – I’m coming!

ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival): 7-8th February. Nándor Fa is sailing in 8th place, has crossed the Equator for the 10th time of his carrier on 24th January at 17:27 UTC, and entered the Northern Hemisphere on the way home to … continue

SOH77 Nándor’s latest ship logs 14-22th January 2017 – Vendée Globe 2016-2017

*ETA: 02.Febr.?? Nándor and the SOH team in the VG LIVE 21th January – replay here – audios of Nándor *ETA(Estimated Time of Arrival) is analysed and updated by the VG Race Direction #VGLIVE 13:00 Jan.21. SOH77 team from the LAKE BALATON via … continue

VENDÉE GLOBE 2017 January – sailing 8th –  Nandor Fa SOH77 skipper’s Ship Logs before Cape Horn – “all well onboard.” VG LIVE with NÁNDOR – replay here

The latest Ship Logs from Nándor Fa before his 5th rounding of the Big Cape – read the English version  7th Jan. 23:50 UTC, in the afternoon, I ran the engine for a little while, perhaps for the last time on … continue

The 8th week of the Spirit of Hungary’s race in the Vendée Globe 2016

Happy New Year for 2017 – good wishes – nice friendly voice messages – montage for Nándor to the Pacific HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY 2017! audio©mixpress Nándor Fa – Goodbye PARTY before the START of the Vendée Globe – and now … continue

VG SOH77 NEWS, VG LIVE, Ship’s log from Nandor Fa – 9-15th Dec.

15th Dec. 2016 Vendée Globe Live at 13:00 with SOH – Nandor Fa The audio of today’s VG LIVE: photo©NandorFa/spiritofhungary_15/12/2016 South Indian ocean 10th Dec. 2016 NÁNDOR FA and the Spirit of Hungary Imoca60′ in the VENDÉE GLOBE TOP 10 … continue

Nandor Fa – Ship’s Log 6th dec: match racing with Stéphane LD. The day of Kito’s accident.

“We’re doing a match race with Stéphane LD side by side since yesterday afternoon…” “My heart aches for Kito, this is unbelivable, hard to find words. I hope that the rescue will go all right!” 6th Dec. 06:00 UTC, Today, … continue

Parallel Problems: Nándor and Conrad’s ‘telepathic’ race: Battling with the pilot and losing the A7  – but the Spirit of Yukoh dismasted – heartbreaking! 

We all know, single-handed offshore racing is not a leasure cruise. Even if everything seems to go well, these skippers are constantly in a battle with technical issues, electrical problems, physical challenges to overcome. And all these things happen while … continue