Yachting Monthly - Jean-Luc Van den Heede is the first Golden Globe Race skipper to round Cape Horn MEDIA RELEASE Jean-Luc Van Den Heede led the Golden Globe Race fleet of solo
![Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and his yacht MATMUT surfing down Biscay waves towards the finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and his yacht MATMUT surfing down Biscay waves towards the finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne](https://www.sail-world.com/photos/goldengloberace/yysw308643.jpg)
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and his yacht MATMUT surfing down Biscay waves towards the finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne
![Jean-Luc Van Den Heede on Matmut has been in these waters five times before hoping that his more easterly course will pay the greatest dividends Jean-Luc Van Den Heede on Matmut has been in these waters five times before hoping that his more easterly course will pay the greatest dividends](https://www.sail-world.com/photos/goldengloberace/yysw215608.jpg)
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede on Matmut has been in these waters five times before hoping that his more easterly course will pay the greatest dividends
![Race leader Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and his yacht Matmut are expected to reach the BoatShed.com film drop in Tasmania on Friday Race leader Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and his yacht Matmut are expected to reach the BoatShed.com film drop in Tasmania on Friday](https://www.sail-world.com/photos/goldengloberace/yysw224924.jpg)
Race leader Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and his yacht Matmut are expected to reach the BoatShed.com film drop in Tasmania on Friday
![French sailor Jean-Luc Van Den Heede sailing his yacht Malmut of Falmouth at the start of the feeder race for the 2108 Golden Globe Race Stock Photo - Alamy French sailor Jean-Luc Van Den Heede sailing his yacht Malmut of Falmouth at the start of the feeder race for the 2108 Golden Globe Race Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PE2GPK/french-sailor-jean-luc-van-den-heede-sailing-his-yacht-malmut-of-falmouth-at-the-start-of-the-feeder-race-for-the-2108-golden-globe-race-PE2GPK.jpg)