la Route du Rhum Report #2 Eng Subs Getting Ready for the big race. Banque Populaire 11 more

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With 25 skippers originating from outside of France representing 14 different nationalities, the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe fascinates people around the world, from Australia to the United States and from China to South Africa. The dream of sailing away across the Atlantic is shared by everyone and they all express their desire to see the event and ocean racing become more popular with their fellow citizens.
You just have to listen to sailors on the pontoons to hear that the big French transatlantic race is something other nationalities look forward to. You can hear people speaking English, Italian, Chinese, Japanese… There are indeed 25 foreign skippers taking part (12 in the IMOCA class, 11 in Class40, 1 in the Rhum category and 1 aboard an Ocean Fifty). Several will be aiming to win the race: Britain’s Sam Goodchild (Leyton) on his Ocean Fifty, the German skipper Boris Herrmann (Malizia-Seaexplorer) on his IMOCA and in Class40, the Italian Ambrogio Beccaria (Allagrande Pirelli)