The next Vendée Globe isn't until 2028 but the next cycle is well underway with plenty of activity ashore and afloat. New boats are being wheeled out of the sheds and existing ones re-configured.
Some like Sam Goodchild and the Macif campaign have the advantage of a highly competitive boat that won the last race to continue training on while they refine their next launch. In short, it's busy times in the IMOCA scene so we dropped in on Goodchild in Port La Foret on the west coast of France to get an update on what's going on in the scene.
Plus, with the transition to indoor sailing now an established part of a modern IMOCA and with Goodchild's close involvement with Henri Lloyd, we asked him to explain how the new generation of 60 footers are influencing the kind of kit they're wearing.
