Vendée Globe

At eleven, Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) became the final competitor to leave Port Olona cheered on by a huge crowd on the waterfront in Les Sables d’Olonne. The French newsreader, Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, who will signal the start of the sixth Vendée Globe at 13h02 (French time) came to wish the sailors well. Since early this morning, the emotion has been running high in the harbour, while the competitors are celebrated as heroes, as they prepare to set out on their circumnavigation.  Out on the water, the crowds are expected to turn up in force too, as more than a hundred passenger vessels have been chartered for the start, without counting the boats from the teams and the many smaller craft.

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