21. She took second in the Vendee Globe 2000 / 2001 solo race around the world. 22. Her solo effort coincides with the Vendee Globe Race which started on Nov . 7. 23. In the Vendee , the nobility were not able to play their normal military role. 24. Unlike the three nonstop Vendee Globe Challenges since 1989, the BOC races included three stopovers. 25. In the Vendee races, 44 competitors started, and fewer than one-fourth finished. 26. The boats are the same kind as those in the Vendee Globe, but with crews. 27. The boat was built for another world yacht race, the Vendee Globe Challenge, in 1992. 28. She has also competed in the Vendee Globe Challenge, a nonstop solo race around the world. 29. The Vendee is one of a slew of round-the-world races on the calendar. 30. Both men were competing in the Vendee Global Challenge round-the-world solo yacht race.
