The Vendée Globe on Facebook

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March 10. 2010 at 11:21
The Vendée Globe on Facebook
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The Vendée Globe made its appearance a few weeks ago on the social networking site Facebook and already has around a thousand fans.

Pascal Conq on the question of power vs the lightweight approach

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February 10. 2010 at 14:49
Pascal Conq on the question of power vs the lightweight approach
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The Finot-Conq design team had three new boats at the start of the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe. Armel Le Cléac’h’s second place on Brit Air shows that the designers remain a reference after adding another place on the podium following on from four consecutive wins in previous races. ...

A new video round-up on the Vendée Globe website

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February 03. 2010 at 16:16
A new video round-up on the Vendée Globe website

The official Vendée Globe website will now be offering you a video round-up every two months. Quite simply because the next Vendée Globe (2012) is already being prepared today by some competitors we have seen before and by some newcomers.

Vincent Riou’s new PRB to be launched by the end of the month

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February 03. 2010 at 16:05
Vincent Riou’s new PRB to be launched by the end of the month
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Built at the CDK yard using Safran’s moulds, Vincent Riou’s new PRB is almost finished, seven and a half months after work first began on her. The winner of the 2005-2005 Vendée Globe is now just waiting for some favourable weather to launch her before the end of the month.