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20.05.2016
Vendée Globe
Newsletter / Friday 20 May 2016
The Transat came to an end last weekend
and now they are preparing for the new transatlantic race, the New York - Vendée (Les Sables d'Olonne), which starts on 29th May. No fewer than seventeen IMOCA 60s, the Vendée Globe monohulls, will be lining up together at the foot of the Statue of Liberty for this new competition, which is a real warm-up for the Vendée Globe.
Some Vendée Globe skippers are not competing in these transatlantic races and are already qualified for the Vendée Globe. That is the case for Bertrand de Broc and Louis Burton, who tell us about their campaigns this week. We met up with two sailors, who have planned to prepare for the Everest of the seas in a different way from the others.
Hope you enjoy this newsletter. Have a good weekend.
Bertrand de Broc aiming to finish in 85 days
On Saturday 14th May, Bertrand de Broc’s IMOCA 60’, MACSF, a 2007 Finot-Conq design, was dismasted while racing across the English Channel from l’Aber Wrac’h to Plymouth and back (see the video below). This has done nothing to…
Louis Burton advancing cautiously, but confidently
The Transat: the state of play before the Vendée Globe
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