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Is this the most audacious race ever? Six 100ft foiling maxi trimarans solo around the world – James Boyd looks forward to the Arkea Ultim Challenge Brest
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Maxi Edmond de Rothschild © Eloi Stichelbaut / polaRYSE / GITANA S.A Having returned to Lorient a fortnight ago, after her Jules Verne Trophy attempt was cut short due to the breakage of a float rudder, it's now time for the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild to go into refit. As a result, the week is kicking off with the platform being hauled out and transferred to Gitana Team's technical base, just a stone's throw from the Cité de la Voile Eric Tabarly. In this way, the 32-metre giant will join her appendages and mast, which the team has already been working on for several days.
Vendée Globe Day 72 © Stephane Maillard / VG2020 With less than two weeks - perhaps even just ten days - until the finish of what is set to be the closest ever edition of the Vendée Globe it is still impossible to predict which three skippers will finish on the podium. "To be honest we wont really have a decent idea until the first ones get to the entrance to the Bay of Biscay at La Coruña," warned Jacques Caraës, Race Director this morning. Race veteran Jean Le Cam (Yes We Cam!), 61, in ninth place on his fifth Vendée Globe observed sagely, "I don't make forecasts...