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Vendee Globe
The hull of the new 60′ boat aboard which Marc Thiercelin will be taking part in his fourth Vendee Globe has just been released from its mould in the Multiplast yard in Vannes. As the entire structure of the hull and compartments has been finished, the hull of the DCNS boat now dominates the workshop, the fruit of a close collaboration between designers from the Finot-Conq studio and the Multiplast team. The deck-hull assembly is due to be carried out later this week.

The DCNS boat has been built as a joint effort between the Multiplast yard (for the hull and its assembly), the Larros boatyard in Arcachon (for the deck) and CDK in Port la Foret (for the mast). She will also be benefiting from all the expertise of the DCNS teams, who have contributed to the manufacture of some parts of the boat.

* Twice winner of the single-handed round the world race with stopovers (the Velux Five Oceans, formerly Around Alone) he would not have missed this appointment with the Vendee Globe for anything in the world, as this is one race he has not yet been successful in. Bernard Stamm, the most Breton of Swiss nationals, has become the thirteenth name to register officially for the Everest of the Seas. He will certainly be one of the ones to watch in the fleet.

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