Verbatim / Paul Meilhat: "You don't do the Vendée Globe for glory!"

© Eloi Stichelbaut / DPPI / Vendee Globe

Paul Meilhat will be one of the 29 skippers to start the Vendée Globe on November 6, 2016. On board SMA former Macif on which François Gabart won the previous edition, he will sail for the first time on the solo round the world race, without stopovers and without assistance... A kid's dream!

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