German skipper Boris Herrmann on board Seaexplorer-Yacht Club of Monaco, completed his first Vendee Globe on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 11:19:45, after 80 days 14 hours 59 minutes and 45 seconds, in an honorable 5th position in real time after 24,296 nautical miles of racing. Boris was quoted saying: “The Vendee Globe is not a race of pure speed, but a mental race. I did it. It transformed me.”

Boris Herrmann completing first Vendee Globe, 210128_VGFINISH_MK354A2003©Martin Keruzoré

Boris Herrmann on board seaexplorer YCM, 210128_VGFINISH_MK354A1946 © Martin Keruzoré

Boris Herrmann on Seaexplorer-YCM, 210128_VGFINISH_©Martin Keruzoré

Seaexplorer Vendee Globe 2020-20210128-herrmann-finishyz@yvanzedda

Yannick Bestaven @ Laurent Theillet

Yannick Bestaven @ Laurent Theillet, winner of 9th edition of Vendee Globe