The world of sailing is in mourning. On June 11, 2026, Charlie Dalin died at the age of 42 from a rare cancer he had been fighting against for several years. Winner of the Vendée Globe 2024-2025, the Norman navigator had marked the story by winning the famous race around the world while he was undergoing a heavy treatment against a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST), a rare form of digestive cancer. For a long time, Charlie Dalin had remaine…
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The world of sailing is in mourning. On June 11, 2026, Charlie Dalin died at the age of 42 from a rare cancer he had been fighting against for several years. Winner of the Vendée Globe 2024-2025, the Norman navigator had marked the story by winning the famous race around the world while he was undergoing a heavy treatment against a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST), a rare form of digestive cancer. For a long time, Charlie Dalin had remaine…