The 2024–2025 Vendée Globe is a non-stop round the world yacht race for IMOCA 60 class yachts crewed by only one person.
It is the tenth edition of the race; it started (on 10 November 2024), and will finish, in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France.
[1] The race organisers have published the initial notice of race allowing a record entry of 40 boats to compete.
The 13 first, new-boat skipper combinations starting two of five solo races (one in 2022 or 2023 and one in 2024) qualification races and finishing one of them will be selected automatically.
[31] Significant events during qualifying included: (9th) Sistership to Armor-lux