The round-the-world sailor is confident he can win the sport’s toughest race, the Vendée Globe, in his £5.5m boat
Alex Thomson has a new toy, and, judging by his Cheshire Cat grin, he likes it a lot. It is the latest in a line of boats called Hugo Boss, after the principal sponsor, and the one he hopes will finally deliver the prize he so craves.
The Vendée Globe single-handed round the world race is the toughest test in sailing. The course runs from Les Sables-d’Olonne in Western
France down the Atlantic, then clockwise around Antarctica, leaving the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn to port before returning to Les Sables-d’Olonne.