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Stamm's Juan K-designed boat taking shape
2010.04.20 - Back in February, the wooden full-scale model of the forthcoming deck layout of Bernard Stamm’s 60-foot monohull was worked on down to the finest detail ...
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Marc Guillemot 2009 IMOCA champion
2010.03.29 - The skipper of Safran was crowned 2009 IMOCA world champion after finishing ahead of Michel Desjoyeaux and Armel Le Cléac’h in the annual rankings. ...
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PRB 5 is launched
2010.03.12 - Winner of the 2004 Vendée Globe, Vincent Riou launched his new monohull on Thursday in the presence of her designers and Jean-Jacques Laurent, CEO ...
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The Vendée Globe on Facebook
2010.03.10 - The Vendée Globe made its appearance a few weeks ago on the social networking site Facebook and already has around a thousand fans.
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Pascal Conq on the question of power vs the lightweight approach
2010.02.10 - 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 ...
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A new video round-up on the Vendée Globe website
2010.02.03 - The official Vendée Globe website will now be offering you a video round-up every two months. Quite simply because the next Vendée Globe ...
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ncent Riou’s new PRB to be launched by the end of the month
2010.02.03 - 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. ...
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Kito de Pavant will be back in 2012
2010.02.03 - Antoine Fiévet, CEO of Groupe Bel, has just announced his company is renewing its partnership with Kito de Pavant, who will therefore be lining ...
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A 13-week winter refit for Safran
2010.01.28 - For ten days or so, the Safran Sailing Team has been busy working on the boat, which is now out of the water and in her shed in Saint-Philibert (Southern Brittany). ...
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Michel Desjoyeaux to build a new 60-foot Foncia
2010.01.21 - After been involved in sailing sponsorship for ten years, Foncia has decided to remain with Michel Desjoyeaux and has announced that the partnership has been ...
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