Route du Rhum - Sylvain Mondon's weather predicitons



3:40 PM Thu 14 Oct 2010 GMT
Jean Marie Liot &copy
Route du Rhum interview with Sylvain Mondon, a forecaster with M?t?o France. Unlike the Ultimate multihull category, routing is not allowed for the IMOCA monohulls during this year's Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale. How is Marc Guillemot preparing to deal with the weather in this race? By working with Sylvain Mondon, a forecaster with M?t?o France, who has had an amazing series of successes; he guided Lionel Lemonchois, when he shattered the race record in 2006, and Groupama 3, the winner of the last Jules Verne Trophy. What is the most likely weather scenario in this Route du ...


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