Lovely words, I must say between yourself, Boris and Pip I'm now absolutely hooked on ocean racing; something I suspect will stick with me for years to come!
Pip didn't have the right boat. It's the oldest from all the sailors. Boris did an amazing race but he was not fortunate. As a frenchman, ocean racing is very popular so the Vendée Globe is always followed and the finish line for the winner is always live on TV as it was last night (for Charlie Dalin).
@@guyelmouchnino6531 I'm from the UK and I wish it was as big in the news here as it is in France... I don't know why it isn't, we are surrounded by water after all!
@@simonharris7223 You're absolutly right. But in th UK, as Australia, and NZ you're fond of ocean racing with a team boat or match racing. In France, we love solo ocean racing since Eric Tabarly in the 70's.
You are a great ambassador for your sport...inspiring and engaging....great to hear your views on the heroic finish to the Vendee Globe. All the skippers both those who have finished and those still at sea have of given of their best! That makes us very proud.
Very magnanimous words from you Alex! I love how despite your own disappointment with having to exit this race early you can still be so happy for the other competitors. Bring on 2024 I say!
Great words indeed. But not amazed by them. It is all I would expect from a great sportsman and lover of the sailing sport and Vendée. All those skippers have tremendous respect for each other!
Thank you Alex for those wonderful words you have for all the skippers. A true gentleman you are , you have (and had long before ) all my respect and admiration, even more so now . I wish you all the best in your projects to come.
Lovely genuine words!! Gutted for you. I have never watched or been intrigued by such a loonnngggg fantastic race!! Followed you all everyday. You are so lucky to of been given such an awesome job!! Safe travels.
Alex you are not only a brilliant asset for your sponsors, but a huge added value for sailing lovers. Yours fair play commenting on the victory of others (which could be yours), makes you an example.
Hope we will see you on the next Vendée and you will broke the record of Armel with your beautiful machine. You really deserve it for all you bring to this race.
Thanks for some great comments on some captains that I have learned a lot about, learned to respect and who have provided much knowledge and entertainment. What a fine race is the Vendee Globe!
Alex you're right about the stories coming from Boris and Pip. The French skippers had some formidable obstacles to overcome but told us spectators nothing about them until after they finished :(
Absolutely true. His issue however is that nobody cares. The man is an incredible whiner and demotivated even his original fans. He gave the impression though to be faster than all.
Hello Alex, i'm happy to see you fine and ready to race again ! Very generous and fair play for the other sailors ! i hope you'll be on the start line next vendee, with more luck this time. We all know that "AT" with no bad luck is a vendee winner ! good luck, Eric
Thanks for the video Alex. You guys certainly did a great job of putting this race out into our living rooms. Very much looking forward to the next one.
Well said Alex. You were my weather front in the first half of the race, driving my interest, and the doldrums that followed. Then Boris filled in behind you. I really felt part of journey. I'm 100% behind you for the next one. 👏
Hello alex, i’m french but i was very disapointed with yours problems this year. I told to my wife this englishman is a champion he has All my respect and I Think this year it is his year. He has more experience and he is so quick... I hope to see you and to drink one glass of beer or champagne (better champagne) for your Victory in 4 years... take care of you
Fantastic edition, best yet in terms of excitement, drama and coverage both by key skippers and Andy back at LSDL. Hardly missed a single day of Vendee Live. Only missing The Boss at the front, the loss of which was cruel. Boris the real star with superb media and what a measured performance from such a small team. To be robbed at the end by a reckless fisherman, yet still remain cool, calm and comparatively composed. He's Iceman Hermann. Hopefully Alex will keep this boat and develop it for the next one in 2024. Time lost during Covid and loosing the keel surely played a part. Only 3 years and 9 months to wait!!! 😂 Come on Pip!!
I really missed your banter Alex. You are right Boris took up the mantel. I was pulling for him also. At this time he is 5th place. This was an exciting race. I agree anyone who completes it is a winner.
What a classy man... Even if I am a frenchman, I would love to see you win the vendee one year, and make history. Take care and have a nice trip back home.
I was heartbroken when Thomson retired but what a cliffhanger from start to finish this Vendée Globe ! It has a Shakespearen force : utmost effort and strentgth is required but only fate decides
Still on the race to be the first non French winner, and at a good place. En espérant vous revoir toi et la team Hugo boss en 2024, et surtout le gagner comme vous le méritez.
Well of course we'll all wondering what the first five would have been if you could have stayed in the race. Nice words to hear from you about your friends. It has been just an AMAZING race. I daren't count the hours I spent following it. Just waiting to see Pip's smile when she crosses the line.
Boris following in your footsteps perhaps a little too closely! One might even say sleepwalking in your footsteps 😂 Hope you've got your next boat lined up Alex. You would have monstered this race with both rudders intact.
We only get snippets of all of them due to limitations, I doubt Alex had time but to mention a few, I'm sure Giancarlo together with each and everyone of these extraordinary sailors will be applaused
Jean Le Cam in forth place with a non-foiling boat. Only 10 hours behind. Great Race. Also Damian Seguin did very good in an older boat. In all likelihood Hugo Boss will be fully compatible in 4 years, and by this time will be a well tested boat.
Well said Alex, all competitors have done an awesome job. can you make sure you’re over the finish line next time please! we know you can win it. Can you do a few vlogs on the AC racing
Merci pour vos commentaires sur une course que vous auriez pu gagner, on sait vos déboires: ça s'appelle être magnanime. On vous attend avec joie sur le prochain Vendée Globe.Bon vent!
It would have been double the excitement if you were in the race till the last Alex . I started following boris straight after your excit , as he spoke English and came accross as a great guy !
Lovely video, great thoughts but just a quick note to the tech team - please find out why all of Alex's videos have had distorted audio. I have seen other onboards that don't have this issue so it could be a simple audio level setting somewhere in the chain.
Alex I’m a wood carver , as you are the ‘boss’ The Vendée Globe attracts more and more sailors to this event,The singularity is to finish? For those that do finish the appropriate trophy It’s my suggestion is a wood carving-representing a ‘ globe’ . Showing their route - name - position -year , all globes equal in size ? [i’d love to make one for PIP] Jacktar
Great Resümee Alex, Respekt! Im so sorry that you change out! But after the race ist bevor the next. Im sure to see you much more and may beasa winner! My Resümee of the vendee is: 1. All of the imocas needs mor haevy Structure. 2. the rudder need a flexibel mechanism to swich flexibel up if the heat thomething in the water inklusing the possebillity for easy swap the rudder in cause of damage. 3. Similar Mechanism for foils and keel. 4. Stronger sails. 5. Better mechanism for blocks, falls, ropes, stacks on top of mast. 6. Mor redundance for energie supply. All that means less time lost for fixing. Speed is not the only condition to win. Good luck Alex and greatings from Germany
@@johnshaw8327agreed. i was also surprised the other ones didn't make more videos or at least videos in a language that regular people can understand :D
I hope, the vendee globe jury is gonna investigate about boris Herrmanns accident. Some people claim, it was a frenchman, trying to stop, that a german is gonna get the third place
What a load of crap. The same people believe 5G is what gave us Covid so they can inject us microchips... Oh and don't forget the Vendée is hoax because the earth is flat...
Lovely words, I must say between yourself, Boris and Pip I'm now absolutely hooked on ocean racing; something I suspect will stick with me for years to come!
Haha same boris and pip are absolute gems!
Pip didn't have the right boat. It's the oldest from all the sailors. Boris did an amazing race but he was not fortunate. As a frenchman, ocean racing is very popular so the Vendée Globe is always followed and the finish line for the winner is always live on TV as it was last night (for Charlie Dalin).
Absolutely agree! Boris, Pip and Alex I hope they all get to do this again.
@@guyelmouchnino6531 I'm from the UK and I wish it was as big in the news here as it is in France... I don't know why it isn't, we are surrounded by water after all!
@@simonharris7223 You're absolutly right. But in th UK, as Australia, and NZ you're fond of ocean racing with a team boat or match racing. In France, we love solo ocean racing since Eric Tabarly in the 70's.
You are a great ambassador for your sport...inspiring and engaging....great to hear your views on the heroic finish to the Vendee Globe. All the skippers both those who have finished and those still at sea have of given of their best! That makes us very proud.
CLASS ACT!!! I know nothing about sailing but intrigued with this sport now! And this guy Alex, wow, what an ambassador!!!
Alex you're a true class act. I'm already looking forward to 2024, and watching you compete for the win! Cheers from Toronto!
Love You Alex ! You deserve the next victory in the next Vendee Globe. Courage, and good training !
Good to hear from you Alex, admirable words to your fellow sailors! Hope to see you and the others in 2024! All the best from The Netherlands.
Indeed Alex, so many amazing stories in this VendeeGlobe! Thank you for being communicative and showing ur daily « reality »! 👍🙏🏻😎
Very magnanimous words from you Alex! I love how despite your own disappointment with having to exit this race early you can still be so happy for the other competitors. Bring on 2024 I say!
Great words indeed. But not amazed by them. It is all I would expect from a great sportsman and lover of the sailing sport and Vendée.
All those skippers have tremendous respect for each other!
Very generous, Alex. The race to be first non-French VG winner remains yours for the chase. Be Relentless!!😉
Thank you Alex for those wonderful words you have for all the skippers. A true gentleman you are , you have (and had long before ) all my respect and admiration, even more so now . I wish you all the best in your projects to come.
Lovely genuine words!! Gutted for you. I have never watched or been intrigued by such a loonnngggg fantastic race!! Followed you all everyday.
You are so lucky to of been given such an awesome job!! Safe travels.
Marvelous respect the competitors have for each other in this most extreme challenge and sport Bravo Alex
I was so curious to see your beautiful hugo boss performing during this vg ! You’ve revolution the boat design i’m pretty sure of that . Bravo alex !
That's what Alex said: everyone who cross the finish line at Vendée Globe is a winner! Congratz skippers
Alex you are not only a brilliant asset for your sponsors, but a huge added value for sailing lovers. Yours fair play commenting on the victory of others (which could be yours), makes you an example.
Alex nicely put, a true gentleman
2024 is going to be the year Alex Thomson and Hugo BOSS win the Vendée Globe. And 2028 also.
Let's see if we got rid of "our little virus issue" by then first ? 😉
as he said, while limping back home, simply finishing the race is a huge accomplishment. I hope he find a design that stays in one piece.
@@gregknipe8772 Absolutely! Make it strong first, fast second, and let Thomson do the sailing.
Hope we will see you on the next Vendée and you will broke the record of Armel with your beautiful machine. You really deserve it for all you bring to this race.
the beautiful machine is already for sale ;)
@@liebestraume75 Did he left Hugo Boss?
Thanks for some great comments on some captains that I have learned a lot about, learned to respect and who have provided much knowledge and entertainment. What a fine race is the Vendee Globe!
2024 Alex T to win it all. Missed your uploads after you were out. Followed Boris the whole way. The TH-cam vids are great
Alex you're right about the stories coming from Boris and Pip. The French skippers had some formidable obstacles to overcome but told us spectators nothing about them until after they finished :(
You've been following another vendée than I did. Since I was perfectly updated about all the competitors including the non french...
Shout out, too, to Jeremie Beyou who basically started eight and a half days after everyone else!
Absolutely true. His issue however is that nobody cares. The man is an incredible whiner and demotivated even his original fans. He gave the impression though to be faster than all.
and Armel Tripon!
@@fabienh3943 I never heard Jeremy complain about anything.😉
@@fabienh3943 LOL
@@fabienh3943 what are you talking about??
Hello Alex, i'm happy to see you fine and ready to race again ! Very generous and fair play for the other sailors ! i hope you'll be on the start line next vendee, with more luck this time. We all know that "AT" with no bad luck is a vendee winner ! good luck, Eric
Sir
Thank you for this amazing words.
Bucharest, Roumanie
Great comment Alex, its been an enthralling race, great communication, Pity for Boris but every one is a winner!
Thanks for the video Alex. You guys certainly did a great job of putting this race out into our living rooms. Very much looking forward to the next one.
What a fantastic guy and sportsman , chapeau, I hope you or Boris get the first foreign win in the Future !!!
Well said Alex. You were my weather front in the first half of the race, driving my interest, and the doldrums that followed. Then Boris filled in behind you. I really felt part of journey. I'm 100% behind you for the next one. 👏
Hi Alex, waiting for you all in the next race !
Alex, thank you for all your videos, always on point and entertaining, love your energy !
Hello alex, i’m french but i was very disapointed with yours problems this year. I told to my wife this englishman is a champion he has All my respect and I Think this year it is his year. He has more experience and he is so quick... I hope to see you and to drink one glass of beer or champagne (better champagne) for your Victory in 4 years... take care of you
Well said Alex. Great sporting achievement by all. 👏👏👍👍
Sir Alex you are a man full of grace and sportmanship. Also you don't mind to get your feets frozen. Take care
We have three winners! The third is Jean Le Cam for what he's done for Kevin!!! It's epic!!!
Awesome words..... Keep going and thank you! Absolutely riveting!!
Fantastic edition, best yet in terms of excitement, drama and coverage both by key skippers and Andy back at LSDL. Hardly missed a single day of Vendee Live. Only missing The Boss at the front, the loss of which was cruel. Boris the real star with superb media and what a measured performance from such a small team. To be robbed at the end by a reckless fisherman, yet still remain cool, calm and comparatively composed. He's Iceman Hermann. Hopefully Alex will keep this boat and develop it for the next one in 2024. Time lost during Covid and loosing the keel surely played a part. Only 3 years and 9 months to wait!!! 😂 Come on Pip!!
The Hugo Boss is already up for sale
@@ElHijodelMundo 😮
Great comments Alex respect for you man good luck for the next time.
Very nice to hear from you Alex, all the best in the future!!
I really missed your banter Alex. You are right Boris took up the mantel. I was pulling for him also. At this time he is 5th place. This was an exciting race. I agree anyone who completes it is a winner.
What a classy man... Even if I am a frenchman, I would love to see you win the vendee one year, and make history. Take care and have a nice trip back home.
Alex we want you back in the next race. Thank you.
Thanks, Alex. Now looking forward to the racing in the AC.
Quelle class ce Alex Thomson 👍
Vive le Gallois 😉
Et vivement le prochain Vendée Globe avec lui
I was heartbroken when Thomson retired but what a cliffhanger from start to finish this Vendée Globe ! It has a Shakespearen force : utmost effort and strentgth is required but only fate decides
I hope we will see you on the next one Alex! 👍
Boris and you made the best communication during the Race.
Salut Alex, j’espère que d’autres courses sont à venir, je suis impatient. À bientôt.
You are a class act Alex. Bravo!
Such great sportsmanship 👍🏻 really enjoyed the video
you sailed a great race ,too Alex! Looking forward to seeing you on the podium on the next one!!
That's nice. And I really hope that you will win this race next time.
I'm really looking forward to a race between Boris and yourself!
That is counting a lot of people out...
Your happiness for the others is a tell on what a great person you are. Here’s to 4 years.
Great how you acknowledge the others! True sportsman!
You had us worried here in France Alex ! Hope to see you again in 2024 competing at your best !
Really insightful. Love hearing from Alex. Keep these coming!
Alex you are the best!...Looping fwd to See you next race
Still on the race to be the first non French winner, and at a good place. En espérant vous revoir toi et la team Hugo boss en 2024, et surtout le gagner comme vous le méritez.
It´s nice to see you outside Hugo Boss
Great words from a great skipper and ambassador for the VendeeGlobe and sailing in general. 2024 Alex! I’ll put £10 on you to win now. 👍
Alex is number 1. So for £10 you can win back your £10. Don't expect any crazy multiplying factor
@@MrRafterPL How about £10 on Boris?
thanx for your happiness and lovely Words Alex…….!!! We would see you in 4 Years,... once again!
Gentleman Alex ⭐️🙏
Well of course we'll all wondering what the first five would have been if you could have stayed in the race. Nice words to hear from you about your friends. It has been just an AMAZING race. I daren't count the hours I spent following it. Just waiting to see Pip's smile when she crosses the line.
Boris following in your footsteps perhaps a little too closely! One might even say sleepwalking in your footsteps 😂 Hope you've got your next boat lined up Alex. You would have monstered this race with both rudders intact.
No One is talking about Pedote's Prysmian Group and what a good debut and consistent race he had, and that makes me a little sad :'(
We only get snippets of all of them due to limitations, I doubt Alex had time but to mention a few, I'm sure Giancarlo together with each and everyone of these extraordinary sailors will be applaused
@@Superfandangoo I'm sure you're right. It was just to raise awareness in a sense :D
@@barbstein9016 They where hugging so vigorously ... it was really heart-warming :)
Jean Le Cam in forth place with a non-foiling boat. Only 10 hours behind. Great Race. Also Damian Seguin did very good in an older boat. In all likelihood Hugo Boss will be fully compatible in 4 years, and by this time will be a well tested boat.
Well said Alex, all competitors have done an awesome job. can you make sure you’re over the finish line next time please! we know you can win it. Can you do a few vlogs on the AC racing
U're such a gentleman Alex ! I hope we will see U back with one of ur fantastic boats :)
Merci pour vos commentaires sur une course que vous auriez pu gagner, on sait vos déboires: ça s'appelle être magnanime. On vous attend avec joie sur le prochain Vendée Globe.Bon vent!
It would have been double the excitement if you were in the race till the last Alex . I started following boris straight after your excit , as he spoke English and came accross as a great guy !
Lovely video, great thoughts but just a quick note to the tech team - please find out why all of Alex's videos have had distorted audio. I have seen other onboards that don't have this issue so it could be a simple audio level setting somewhere in the chain.
Alex, you’re a real gent.
Well done mate perfect 👍👍
You are the BOSS man
Good Alex, true sportsman ....
Nous espérons bien vous revoir en 2024 , Monsieur Thomson .
A very great sportsman
Are you coming back in 2022
Alex
Great support in the sport. 2024 seems such a long way away right now
Well said - let’s have more transit vids and a commentary of others crossing the finish line. BTW Watch out for stealth low signature fishing boats.😉
with the possibility of being the first non-French winner the whole French fishing fleet was sent on the Boris route! XD
but it was a spanish boat who collided with Boris and Boris even admited it was his fault, stop blaming the french, be fair play
hello Alex Thomson
I hope I will See you at the vendee globe in 4 years again, than you will rock it together with Boris .😀👍🌍
Alex I’m a wood carver , as you are the ‘boss’ The Vendée Globe attracts more and more sailors to this event,The singularity is to finish? For those that do finish the appropriate trophy
It’s my suggestion is a wood carving-representing a ‘ globe’ . Showing their route - name - position -year , all globes equal in size ? [i’d love to make one for PIP] Jacktar
why fourth le cam????.... Boris also participated in the rescue
On'ya Alex ....all are winners you too.
Alex is a good chap!
I would like to know the deck coating you have there
Great Resümee Alex, Respekt! Im so sorry that you change out! But after the race ist bevor the next. Im sure to see you much more and may beasa winner! My Resümee of the vendee is: 1. All of the imocas needs mor haevy Structure. 2. the rudder need a flexibel mechanism to swich flexibel up if the heat thomething in the water inklusing the possebillity for easy swap the rudder in cause of damage. 3. Similar Mechanism for foils and keel. 4. Stronger sails. 5. Better mechanism for blocks, falls, ropes, stacks on top of mast. 6. Mor redundance for energie supply. All that means less time lost for fixing. Speed is not the only condition to win. Good luck Alex and greatings from Germany
Cheers to all sailors & viewers , armchair dreamers and sponsors ~~
Is there gonna be a new boat for 2024?
If you are planing on participating next year are you going to do it in the same boat?
Gentleman
Got a burning question - have sextants gone the way of the print film nowadays or is celestial navigation still sort of a requirement for back up?
@@barendgarvelink Wow, ok thanks.
I hope to see you again next time. It's silly, but must admit I lost some interest in this amazing race after you were out.
me too, alex was the best :D they just need to get that simulator fixed for the next race :)
@@pratwurschtgulasch6662 Me too, but then there was Boris, he made it almost as interesting.
@@johnshaw8327agreed. i was also surprised the other ones didn't make more videos or at least videos in a language that regular people can understand :D
i commented wrong in the vg series overall. mixed up prb and apivia
where are u for at the moment ?
I hope, the vendee globe jury is gonna investigate about boris Herrmanns accident. Some people claim, it was a frenchman, trying to stop, that a german is gonna get the third place
Really?
Everybody doesn’t care about the third place, don’t be a jerk
@@sbordage819 yeah, but it's still unfair
What a load of crap. The same people believe 5G is what gave us Covid so they can inject us microchips... Oh and don't forget the Vendée is hoax because the earth is flat...
@@ElHijodelMundo strawman. Are you working at PragerU or Fox news?
What about adjusting input level of this headset? It is distorted since the start of this Vendée Globe.
It sounds horrible, it has dropouts...
I’m sure that’s his top priority...
@@criqdekuyper9259 Well, if you make that many videos as Alex with so many viewers, it is worth it. Actually he has the worst sound of them all.
So,La Cam costed Charlie the race?