5:15 PM Tue 31 Aug 2010 GMT 'Marc Guillemot and Charles Caudrelier Benac - Safran Sailing Team Transat Jacques Vabre 2009' Jean Marie Liot &copy Click Here to view large photo Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale ninth edition is the big event of the 2010 season for Marc Guillemot and the monohull Safran. The legendary transatlantic race between St. Malo and Pointe-?-Pitre in Guadeloupe will start on 31st October. Ten single-handed sailors aboard IMOCA monohulls will be lining up at the start off St. Malo in Brittany. Three new 60' boats (PRB, Virbac-Paprec 3 and Foncia), considered to be sister-ships to Safran, wil be setting sail. With Groupe Bel, that means that in all there will be five boats designed by the VPLP - Verdier team. 'Considering just how ...   Click here for full story. by Soazig Gu?ho

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