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    Alex Thomson sets new 24-hour speed record as he goes all-out in bid to overtake Vendée Globe leader

    • January 16, 2017

    Vendée Globe racer Alex Thomson has set a new 24-hour solo monohull sailing record, sailing an incredible 536.81 nautical miles in 24 hours. Watch Alex talking about the record here:…

    Vendée Globe showdown: can Alex Thomson beat his great French rival Armel Le Cléac’h?

    • January 15, 2017

    After over 23,000 miles of racing, the two leaders of the Vendée Globe solo round the world race are today just over 100 miles apart. Armel Le Cléac’h has led…

    The new Hugo Boss IMOCA Open 60 race yacht skippered by Alex Thomson. Credit: Lloyd Images/ AT Racing

    What’s behind the design of Alex Thomson’s Vendée Globe racer Hugo Boss?

    • January 7, 2017

    The 2016/7 Vendée Globe race will go down as one dominated by two very different sailors, Frenchman Armel Le Cléac’h and Briton Alex Thomson in two critically different yachts. There is no…

    Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss

    Collision and foil damage puts Alex Thomson’s Vendée Globe lead in jeopardy

    • November 20, 2016

    A collision with an underwater object has damaged the starboard foil of Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss, putting his attempt to win the Vendee Globe solo round the world in jeopardy.…

    Video: Alex Thomson kitesurfs over the top of his IMOCA 60 race boat

    • March 15, 2016

    Scroll down for video First came the keel walk in 2012, then came the mast walk in 2014, and now, after much preview hype, Alex Thomson’s Skywalk video was released…

    Wreck found after drifting for 9 years and 10,000 miles in the Southern Ocean is Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss

    • February 22, 2016

    These photos of the shipwrecked hull of Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss were taken in February in Patagonia during a kayak expedition by Chilean adventurer Cristian Donoso. Donoso discovered the yacht nine…

    Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss dismasted and half flooded

    Alex Thomson airlifted to safety as his new Hugo Boss is capsized by a rogue wave

    • November 1, 2015

    Alex Thomson and his co-skipper, Spanish sailor Guillermo Altadill, were airlifted off the 60ft yacht Hugo Boss yesterday afternoon some 82 miles off the north coast of Spain. They had…

    Barcelona World Race: Why did Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss lose its mast?

    • January 16, 2015

    Having crashed out of the Barcelona World Race while leading the race the big question is what failed?

    Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss

    Solo sailors such as Alex Thomson embody the motto ‘quitters never win; winners never quit’. They should be our sport’s role models

    • January 15, 2015

    We know them as shorthanded or single-handed round the world races, the Vendée Globe and the like, but we should really call them single-minded races. An unwavering dedication and almost…

    Hugo Boss dismasts

    Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss has dismasted in the south Atlantic while leading Barcelona World Race

    • January 15, 2015

    Briton Thomson, 40, and Spaniard Ribes, 43 will now cease racing in the Barcelona World Race 2014 -2015. The Hugo Boss skippers and the shore team are currently evaluating how…

    Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss

    Alex Thomson ready for his quest to win the Barcelona World Race in Hugo Boss

    • December 29, 2014

    On New Year’s Eve, as Barcelona celebrates, Britain’s Alex Thomson will set out on the Barcelona World Race in Hugo Boss his eighth non-stop round the world race. He will…

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