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VENDEE GLOBE 2000 STARTS UNDER DRAMATIC SKIES

by Event Press on 10 Nov 2000
VENDEE GLOBE 2000 STARTS UNDER DRAMATIC SKIES
JOURDAIN & DESJOYEAUX BATTLE FOR FIRST, GOLDING & HALL CLOSE
BEHIND




The twenty four strong international fleet lined up for the start of the 4th edition of the Vendée
Globe single-handed, non-stop, around the world yacht race, finally set off from Les Sables
d'Olonne, France, at 1611hrs today (French time) under dramatic black skies and yet only 5 knots
of breeze after a four day postponement due to severe weather conditions.

Guy Bernadin, a veteran circumnavigator from the first edition of this, the toughest yachting
challenge known to man, opened the route out of the Port on
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