Route du Rhum - Groupe Bel has arrived in Saint-Malo



11:10 AM Mon 18 Oct 2010 GMT
'Groupe Bel' Marcel Mochet / AFP
Groupe Bel monohull and its skipper entered the harbor of St. Malo this Friday morning after a ten day journey from Port Camargue, with a 48 hour stopover in Brest to bring on board the new sails that will be used to race the Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale. Although he has always been a sailor and crossed the Atlantic Ocean more than forty times, Kito de Pavant is taking part in this symbolic offshore racing event for the first time. For him, this is a 'childhood dream' come true, a 'yachting' image, admittedly, but a reality, a moment the ...


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