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• Team Groupama

  Franck Cammas : "We don’t want to push her to her maximum straightaway"

  
  Since her launch on 14 May, Groupama 4 has revealed an additional element of her potential with every training session that passes. During her fifth outing last Thursday, Franck Cammas and his crew headed out for a 24 hour sea trial in some fairly rough conditions. It proved to be a great opportunity for everyone to see what the new Groupama (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 30 May 2011
• Photo

  This is Lorient’ Geles !

  
  It is full of hulls in Lorient, named "Lorient’ Geles" by some people here so proud to live in Lorient… One who are happy to live here are the offshore racing skippers and shore teams.
  Christophe Guigueno 24 May 2011
• Team Groupama

  Franck Cammas : "It’s only just begun in fact!"

  
  Today, Saturday 14 May, Groupama 4, the first Volvo 70 built in France, was launched at 1400 GMT, opposite Groupama Sailing Team’s base in Lorient. Groupama’s representatives, the sailors, the members of the shore team and an enthusiastic crowd attended this important stage of the project led by skipper Franck (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 14 May 2011
• Team Groupama

  Groupama 4 safely into port in Lorient

  
  This Saturday morning, at 0545 GMT, Groupama 4 left the Multiplast yard in Vannes, SW Brittany. After a delivery by road, Franck Cammas’ new Volvo Open 70 arrived at Groupama Sailing Team’s base in nearby Lorient at 0830 hours, a moment the whole team had been looking forward (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 30 April 2011
• Multiplast

  Groupama 4 on her way out

  
  After 11 months of work in the Multiplast shipyard in Vannes, France, Franck Cammas’ new monohull is getting ready for her first road trip to Lorient where is based the Groupama Sailing Team.
  Christophe Guigueno 28 April 2011
• Volvo Ocean Race

  Thomas Coville joins Franck Cammas’ crew

  
  Just back from his solo round the world on Sodebo, Thomas Coville is to step aboard Groupama 4 with Franck Cammas to contest the next Volvo Ocean Race, the crewed round the world race aboard a monohull, the start of which will be given on 5 November 2011 in Alicante, (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 21 April 2011
• Team Groupama

  Groupama Sailing Team’s occupations from M34 to the shipyard

  
  Since 15 February, Groupama Sailing Team has really been getting down to business Business #Business at their base in Lorient, France. From the four corners of the globe and France, the crew of the future Groupama 4 are back on Breton soil to get back down to (...)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 28 February 2011
• Energy Team

  Peyron brothers to challenge for the 34^th America’s Cup

  
  Launched and run by Loïck and Bruno Peyron, this challenge is backed by the prestigious Yacht Club de France. The construction of the first AC72 AC72 #AC72 multihull will begin at the Multiplast yard in Vannes on the 1st September.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 10 February 2011
• Volvo Ocean Race

  New look schedule for Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12

  
  The course and dates for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 have been officially announced today. This edition of the race will see a new format for the racing programme in the host cities, including the start city of Alicante, Spain and finish city of Galway, Ireland. For the first time, the Volvo Ocean Race will finish with an In-Port race in (...)
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 19 April 2010
• Volvo Ocean Race 2010-2012

  Lorient - Galway as last leg

  
  Following the huge success in Galway when it was the finish of the transatlantic leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09, Ireland, will again feature in the new route for 2011-12. The fleet will race from Lorient in France back to Galway on Ireland’s west coast.
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 10 March 2010

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