Route du Rhum - A champions' colours but a different class

7:49 PM Sun 24 Oct 2010 GMT

'Yann Guichard - La Route du Rhum 2010' Route du Rhum

Route du Rhum - Back in St Malo in a different, new configuration, lengthened to be competitive in the new Ultime category, Gitana XI is ready for the 'off'. 'Gitana 11 is all ready to go and we could take the start of the Route du Rhum tomorrow if need be. The shore crew has already put the safety gear and spare parts aboard and solely the food supplied by the Mont d'Arbois restaurant is left to be loaded here in St Malo in the final days.' So says Yann Guichard, Gitana XI's skipper of their preparations for the start ...

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