Jules Verne Trophy - Maxi Banque Populaire V back in Lorient

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7:29 PM Sun 20 Feb 2011 GMT

'Banque Populaire - Jules Verne Trophy' BPCE Click Here to view large photo

On Saturday 22nd January at 12:11:45 pm (Paris time) the Maxi Banque Populaire V took off Ushant on her first attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy with a reference time of 48 days 7 hours 44 minutes and 52 seconds to beat. Thirteen days later, in the South Atlantic, just before entering the Indian, the wonderful adventure carried out by Pascal Bidegorry and his men stopped suddenly after a collision with an UFO *, damaging heavily the daggerboard. The crew decided to sail the giant trimaran back to Lorient after having performed some repair on the injured piece. After fifteen ...

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