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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.

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