2012 Vendee Globe officially launched

10:27 AM Fri 10 Dec 2010 GMT

'2012 Vend?e Globe officially launched' Jean-Marie Liot / DPPI / Vend?e Globe &copy

The seventh Vend?e Globe was officially launched by Bruno Retailleau, President of the Vend?e Council at a press conference organised on Wednesday at the Paris Boat Show. The Vend?e Globe 2012/2013 will set sail from les Sables d?Olonne on Sunday 11th November 2012 at 1400hrs GMT and already looks like being a vintage edition. With two years to go to the start, twelve sailors have already announced their intention of taking part. Bruno Retailleau, President of the Vend?e Council, Louis Gu?don, MP and Mayor of les Sables d?Olonne, Luc Talbourdet, President of the IMOCA class and Patricia Brochard, CEO of ...

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