Volvo Ocean Race team Groupama joined by solo sailor Thomas Coville

12:20 PM Thu 21 Apr 2011 GMT

'Groupama 4 build at MULTIPLAST in Vannes, France, for the Volvo Ocean Race' Alain Paulhac/Volvo Ocean Race Click Here to view large photo

Volvo Ocean Race, the crewed round the world race aboard a monohull, will set out from Alicante, Spain, on 5 November 2011 for its eleventh edition. Sodebo skipper Thomas Coville is to contest the race aboard Groupama 4, with Franck Cammas. Decidedly the skipper of Sodebo is linking together round the worlds as readily as his sailing jaunts around the bay of Quiberon. By accepting Franck Cammas' invitation to climb aboard Groupama 4, having barely set foot back on land after an outstanding solo round the world aboard his 32 metre maxi trimaran, Thomas Coville is committing to a fourth ...

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by Kate Jennings translation