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They kept the arms of an ORMA60 and pretty much all the rest is new. 

Traveller broke on Arete

ha ha :)

In May every year there's a regatta on the Douarnenez bay in Brittany (north west France) where all the pro race teams get together for some fun. From Kite boarders, to class 40's, multi 50's, IMOCA, etc. its an insane event in a tiny fishing town. This video is from the 2006 edition. I love it! : 

Would Would a Figaro not be too small and too slow? Why a full foiling multi? The MOD70 were/are simple to sail and fast without being full foiling. exactly

Disagree. I'd say the boats are a lot more simple and no need to haul at each stop. The tris all sit in the water at La Trinite.

In 2011 they launched the MOD70 and in October of that year they did their first inshore event called the Krys Match, just outside of La Trinite Sur Mer. It was spectacular. In some races the boats were crossing the start line at 25 knots and with each race they had 3 sponsor guests onboard...

Airbus sponsors the AC, they're part of Oracle etc. (oh the irony). And you have to understand that ALL of these big companies have been hammered time again by all these French skippers over the years for various forms of sponsorship. Being a skipper that speaks French and English is a plus but...

put them on with sikaflex 291 using a toothed trowel 1/8" or so in order to make sure you have good coverage and even thickness. then you need a lip of composite around the panel to make sure water does not get under it (which it will on a trimaran float. this can be sika'ed on as well. They...

I'm sure that should Alex and HB wish to join the guys sailing/training in PLF they would welcome him with open arms. At the same time, Alex has his own schedule and training program. Keeping his dynamic boat and foil design hidden from the competition might have also given him the edge with the...

Stopped for a coffee on our drive down to Spain this morning, first thing on the TV news was an update on the VG.

He arrived last night. He'll show up later today (thursday)

The queue to get down onto that dock is about 300m long and about 45 minutes to an hour wait from morning til night. Thankfully the race village is also fun to walk though, loads of interactive stuff for all ages including TWO IMOCA (in different places) to see on land. One is the old Aviva and...

There are a couple of large boats going out selling individual spots for about 200 euros. Fast running out though.

Banque Populaire 8 just sold to Louis Burton (Bureau Vallee) for a VG2020 campaign starting next year. Lucky Louis! Now Armel, don't break it. :)

It includes a yearly subscription to Seahorse magazine :) and for someone who moves around a 'lot', inc all over the USA it has great reciprocal with most decent clubs.

The reason being that not all those guys are really media guys. So of the 14 racing there will a couple solo, (obligatory for VG entry qualification) a couple with 'real' media guys and a couple with pseudo media guys who are actually navigators/training/skipper sparring partners. Screws up the...

Race director Denis Horeau fired/quit last night (depends who you ask) and replaced by Jacques Cares.

DIdn't see that slot #14 is open. That's great news for Enda and hopefully confirmation that he's in.

The article in French, and the NOR state that there are 27 places for skippers who have signed up (accepted in order of application and completion of all the qualification requirements) and Enda does not have one of those spots. However he is on the waiting list, even if he's qualified and has...