Groupama 4 arrives in Lorient



7:07 PM Sat 30 Apr 2011 GMT
'Groupama Sailing Team transport their new Volvo Open 70 from Multiplast to their training camp in Lorient.' ?Pilpre A./Studio Zedda Click Here to view large photo
Groupama 4 left the Multiplast yard in Vannes, SW Brittany, this Saturday morning, at 0545 GMT. After a delivery by road, Franck Cammas' new Volvo Open 70 arrived at Groupama Sailing Team's base in nearby Lorient at 0830 hours, a moment the whole team had been looking forward to. After 40,000 man hours, the first Volvo Open 70 to be built in France emerged from the yard today. In the early hours of this morning, the members of Groupama Sailing Team gathered together to organise the special wide load comprising Franck Cammas' VO 70. St?phane Guilbaud, Team Manager of Groupama ...


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