IMOCA 60 Work Speeding Up
The winter refits are coming to an end for the majority of the thirty IMOCA monohulls taking part in the forthcoming Vendee Globe. In particular, the English Transat is coming up for those, who have decided to take part.
With a little over seven months to go to the start, preparations are speeding up for the thirty sailors registered for the Vendee Globe. Between those busy recovering from damage suffered in the Barcelona World Race, like Vincent Riou’s PRB, Jeremie Beyou’s Delta Dore and Roland Jourdain’s Veolia Environnement, those preparing for The Artemis Transat, which starts on 11th May and then the few, who are still in the construction phase in the yard, like Marc Thiercelin’s DCNS, they are busy at work in the sheds, in the harbours and on the pontoons.
While Roland Jourdain and Jeremie Beyou have announced their decision not to take part in The Transat, as they had initially planned in their programme - due to a lack of time - others have already relaunched their boats over the past few days. That is the case for Marc Guillemot’s Safran, which was so impressive in the Transat Jacques Vabre.
The same goes for Yann Elies’s Generali, which was relaunched last Thursday in Lorient, after being in the yard for three months to undergo substantial modifications, including the removal of the double helm, which has been replaced by a central tiller. “That has given us a lot of room, including inside to move things around” explained Yann Elies. As for Mike Golding, he has been dealing with some problems with his keel on Ecover.
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