The amazing adventure of Sodebo's circumnavigation of the globe

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12:18 PM Fri 25 Mar 2011 GMT

'Sodebo - start of solo circumnavigation record attempt. Photo: Yvan Zedda/Sodebo'

The sequence of events in Sodebo?s circumnavigation of the globe details the amazing adventure of Thomas Coville. Brest, Saturday 29 January 2011: eleven weeks after finishing the Route du Rhum with a podium place, Thomas Coville headed back out to sea aboard Sodebo for a third solo round the world record attempt. He set off on Saturday 29 January at 11h07mn 28s (GMT), offshore of the Cr?ac?h lighthouse on Ushant, and straightaway conditions were both lively and spectacular! In a big gust and boiling seas off the NW tip of Brittany, Sodebo?s three hulls were effectively picked up and dropped ...

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