Route du Rhum - Groupe Bel delivery in all kinds of weather



4:30 PM Sat 16 Oct 2010 GMT
'Training for the Route du Rhum 2010' ? Gilles Martin-Raget
Route du Rhum update for Groupe Bel who left Port-Camargue eight days ago and is continuing her journey to Saint-Malo. As one day follows another, each one is different for Kito de Pavant and his crew: swell, grey skies, and a wild sea, following the trade winds and the mild Mediterranean climate. These last days there has been wind and rain, and Groupe Bel has been running at an average speed of 20 knots off the coast of Portugal. Naturally this contrasts slightly with the slack wind, and flat calm and the dolphins they met off the south of Spain. ...


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