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yeah, Kito has bought VP3!

she's owned by FNOB, the organisers of the BWR, and they have sold her

It started happening when the covered cockpits came about, Macif and Banque pop were well forward last time around. Comes from the work VPLP/Verdier did with Comanche, they kept moving the mast back in the models and figured it works.

Boom is now fitted.

Simon Koster's new Mini http://simonkoster.com/2015/02/13/proto-build-part-1/

SMA has bought MACIF for Figaro skipper Paul Meilhat for an IMOCA campaign ending in the 2018 RdR, but focussing on the 2016 Vendee.

Yeah, let's hope so, he was just getting up to speed!

Guichard has slowed down to 13 knots from 35 in one sched...

Class 40s aren't OD, I'd not expect them to be this closely matched...

Henry Bomby has a pretty interesting write up everyday, including routing info with VO65 polars, head over to his facebook.

VPLP tweeting "Tataaaa!!!! And there she floats!!"

It doesn't come as any surprise, but team Campos just posted this.

Leg 0 was a practice leg for all the safety systems on board, all the boats had to practice a MOB procedure...

The Pogo 3 is launching tomorrow (11th)

some great footage from the Dongfeng guys!

A lot of modifications have been made to Oman to make sure that doesn't happen, especially as Gavignet is going solo.

It's allowed to race under the grandfathered rule, it was built compliant to a rule, but the rule changed.

The rule is no longer average freeboard, it's now taken at certain points along the hull, and so they can't build another.