Route du Rhum - The enduring magic

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8:17 PM Fri 29 Oct 2010 GMT

'Ambiance, sur le village - La Route du Rhum 2010' ? AFP

For any first time anglophile visitor, landing in the heart of the ninth edition of the Route du Rhum La Banque might be overwhelming. Even for the old stagers who are on their four yearly odyssey to the ramparts of Saint Malo, this year's edition is a truly intoxicating spectacle for its sheer scale, colour and level of activity. To the outsider it might seem a curious contradiction that French ocean racing is so evidently in robust health. This edition has an all time record entry which of course includes the return of giant multihulls in the Ultime category, a ...

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