Newsletter / Friday 08 July 2016
FOUR MONTHS TO GO
With summer finally arriving, there are now just four months to go to the start of the Vendée Globe. Some skippers are continuing their preparation, while others are fulfilling their final sailing requirements. That is the case for the Hungarian sailor, Nandor Fa, who is about to set sail from Newport to sail alone across the Atlantic back to Vendée.
Romain Attanasio has found partners and is now certain of taking part. As for Alan Roura, he is busy sailing and fine-tuning his monohull. He will be the sole representative from Switzerland, a country which since 1992 has regularly been involved in the Vendée Globe, as we explain in this week’s magazine article.
Hope you enjoy this newsletter. Have a great weekend!
Swiss sailors in the history of the Vendée Globe
Out of the thirty skippers registered for the next Vendée Globe, nine are not French. Among them, one Swiss sailor, Alan Roura is following in the tradition of his compatriots, Bernard Gallay, Bernard Stamm and Dominique Wavre. Apart from…
Nandor Fa setting sail from Newport to cross the Atlantic alone
Romain Attanasio has found his partners
Play ! Entraînement de Maitre CoQ en large de Belle île en Mer
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