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Dominique Wavre focused on the upcoming Vendee Globe By Vendee Globe, 7:19 PM Thu 9 Feb 2012
The 2012 Vendee Globe is set to get underway on 10 November, 2012. Skipper Dominique Wavre is not counting on getting much more rest during the upcoming winter as he will be focusing on the event. His monohull Mirabaud is being fine-tuned, while he has started a long programme to prepare himself physically. ...[more]

Liz Wardley to contest 2012 Vendee Globe By Vendee Globe, 7:31 AM Thu 9 Feb 2012
Sailor Liz Wardley has just announced her participation in the 2012 Vendee Globe. This comes after her signing of a three-year long partnership with a sponsor, whose name is set to be revealed on 9 March in La Roche-sure-Yon in Vendee. ...[more]

Vendée Globe - Interview with Marc Guillemot By Soazig Guého, 10:55 PM Tue 10 Jan 2012
Vendée Globe - The clock is ticking faster and faster, as we move towards the start of the Vendée Globe: the starting gun will be fired in Les Sables d’Olonne ten months from now marking the start of three months of being alone. As we enter the New Year, Marc Guillemot tells us more. ...[more]

Transat B to B - Safran sets off from Saint Barts By Soazig Guého, 6:08 AM Tue 6 Dec 2011
Marc Guillemot aboard Safran set off from Saint Barts in the Transat B to B at 1400 GMT (1500 CET today amid a light easterly wind that blew about 12 knots. At total of eight solo sailors took to the water for a 3300 mile journey across the Atlantic to the Lorient in Brittany. 'It may not be that enjoyable, but is an excellent way to prepare for the Vendée Globe,' explained the skipper ...[more]

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