Barcelona World Race - French Rhum duo making ready

2:00 AM Fri 10 Dec 2010 GMT

'Barcelona World Race - French Rhum duo making ready' Barcelona World Race &copy

Barcelona World Race - At the Barcelona offshore sailing base for the FNOB the two French IMOCA Open 60's Virbac-Paprec 3 and Foncia are making good progress with their pre-race checks and work. Both arrived nine days ago directly by ship from the Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale finish and have been in the boat shed with their keels off since last Wednesday. Michel Desjoyeaux and Fran?ois Gabart' s Foncia should be re-launched this weekend ready for the French duo to sail probably Monday. Both of the technical teams from both boats have been working exceptionally long and hard hours ...

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