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France – In what appears to be a who’s who list torn from the pages of the record books, the fastest sailors around the world have now crossed the start line of that all out solo sprint across the Atlantic known as the Route du Rhum. Francis Joyon, the fastest man to sail solo around the world is there on his huge trimaran IDEC, and Franck Cammas, the man who recently skippered the multihull Groupama 3 around the planet to earn the much coveted Jules Verne (fastest boat around the world) trophy, are just two of this star studded fleet. Meeting them on the course are Michel Desjoyeaux, the fastest solo sailor around the world in a monohull sailboat, and Thomas Coville, who holds numerous singlehanded sailing records himself on his spectacular boat Sodeb’O, including a solo record for fastest across the Atlantic. Joining these sailing giants in this yacht race to Guadeloupe are 81 other sailors, including  … Details & Pictures
Sailing from Saint Malo, France at the Route du Rhum start