Jean-Baptiste retires from the race
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December 16. 2008 at 11:05
© Julien Girardot / DPPI / Vendée Globe
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Jean Baptiste Dejeanty, the skipper of Groupe Maisonneuve, announced this morning, December 16, at 7H15, his decision to retire from the race. Problems of halyards and automatic pilots drove the skipper to make such a decision. The skipper is safe and is sailing towards Port Elizabeth, South Africa, which is around 1200 miles from his current position.
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