Regatta: Vendée Globe: Boris Herrmann finishes fourth. Livestream!

The drama of the night has come to a perhaps conciliatory end - Boris Herrmann has crossed the finish line. The Hamburg native has thus realised his greatest sailing dream: taking part in the Vendée Globe and reaching the finish line.

His goal was to finish in the top five, which was already very ambitious. Nobody, least of all he himself, expected that it could even have been a victory. A crash with a fishing trawler just 100 nautical miles from the finish prevented this sensation.

Although his arrival alone, his current fourth place, is also such an achievement. For the first time ever, a German has taken part in the race and then also reached the finish line, as well as being in the leading group - a gigantic sporting achievement.

However, Boris still has to tremble a little for fourth place: Jean Le Cam can still push him out of this place with his huge time credit of 16 hours. But fifth place is safe for Boris.

THE PODIUM PLACES OF THE 9TH VENDÉE GLOBE

• 1 - "Maître Coq IV" (Yannick Bestaven), at the finish: 28/01/2021 at 3:19:46 UTC, time sailed: 80 T 13 hrs 59 min 46 sec, recovery: -10 hrs 15 min 00 sec, official corr. time: 80 T 3 hrs 44 min 46 sec, average speed on theoretical course: 24,365.74 nm / 12.60 kn. Nautical miles sailed over ground: 28,583.80 nautical miles at an average of 14.78 knots
• 2 - "Apivia" (Charlie Dalin), at the finish: 27/01/2021 at 19:35:47 UTC, time sailed: 80 T 6 hrs 15 min 47 sec No compensation. Gap to 1st place: 2 hours 31 min. 1 sec. Average speed on theoretical course: 24,365.74 nm / 12.65 knots Nautical miles sailed over ground: 29,135.01 nautical miles at an average of 15.13 knots
• 3 - "Bureau Vallée 2" (Louis Burton), at the finish: 27/01/2021 at 23:45:12 UTC, time sailed: 80 T 10 hrs 25 min 12 sec No compensation, lagging behind 1st place: 6 hrs 40 min 26 sec, lagging behind "Apivia": 4 hrs 9 min 25 sec Average speed on theoretical course: 24,365.74 nm / 12.62 kn Nautical miles sailed over ground: 28,649.99 nautical miles at an average of 14.84 knots
• 4 - "Seaexplorer - Yacht Club de Monaco" (Boris Herrmann), at the finish: 28.1.2021 at 11:19:45, sailed time: 80 T 20 hrs 59 min 45 sec, Compensation: -6 hours 00 min. 00 sec. Official correct sailing time: 80 T 14 hours 59 min. 45 sec. Lagging behind 1st place: 11 hours 14 min. 59 sec. Average speed on theoretical course: 24,365.74 nautical miles / 12.55 knots Nautical miles sailed over ground: 28,448.53 nautical miles at an average of 14.66 knots