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CORUM L'Epargne dismasted in the Vendée Globe
© Nicolas Troussel / CORUM L'Épargne
Vendée Globe: Nicolas Troussel (CORUM L'Épargne) dismasts NW of the Cape Verde Islands
French skipper Nicolas Troussel who was lying in seventh place in the Vendée Globe has dismasted on CORUM L'Épargne this morning. He was racing south in brisk NE'ly trade wind conditions some 260 nautical miles NW of the Cape Verde islands.