http://www.alexthomsonracing.com Up to the minute news on solo ocean racer - Alex Thomson. en-gb http://www.alexthomsonracing.com/displaynews.asp?id=175Alex updates daily about the Vendée Globe, providing us with race insights only an experienced sailor could do - such as detail on the race tactics, the leaders, the conditions, what the sailors are experiencing, how they could be feeling: http://www.alexthomsonracing.com/displaynews.asp?id=174Alex updates daily about the Vendée Globe, providing us with race insights only an experienced sailor could do - such as detail on the race tactics, the leaders, the conditions, what the sailors are experiencing, how they could be feeling: http://www.alexthomsonracing.com/displaynews.asp?id=173Alex updates daily about the Vendée Globe, providing us with race insights only an experienced sailor could do - such as detail on the race tactics, the leaders, the conditions, what the sailors are experiencing, how they could be feeling.http://www.alexthomsonracing.com/displaynews.asp?id=172It’s been a strange time since my retirement and return from the Vendee Globe, weird to be on dry landhttp://www.alexthomsonracing.com/displaynews.asp?id=171Alex Thomson has officially retired from the Vendee Globe race today. The damage sustained to his IMOCA Open 60 yacht HUGO BOSS on Monday night is not repairable by next Wednesday’s restart deadline.http://www.alexthomsonracing.com/displaynews.asp?id=169There is a transverse crack that runs through the outer and inner skin of the boat. Having now lifted the boat out of the water we can see the underneath of the boat and the full extent of the damage.