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Vendee Globe
Jonny Malbon set sail last Thursday on his qualifier for the Vendée Globe 2008-2009 on board his Open 60, Artemis Ocean Racing II. He has until 1st September to complete this compulsory 4000-mile passage, which will take him across the Atlantic going above 52 N and to the west of 50 West. The monohull launched last April has undergone a few important modifications in the last few months that Jonny will be checking out over the next few days.

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.