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A DAY FULL OF CONTRASTS
While the figures from the past 48 hours led us to be euphoric with 716 miles clocked up yesterday in…
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IDEC SPORT SPEEDING TOWARDS THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
Since yesterday, the giant IDEC SPORT has been heading east and Francis Joyon has continued to accelerate on the direct…
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JOYON AT FULL PELT HEADING TOWARDS THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
There’s no changing Francis. The skipper of the IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran is at the age of 63 just as keen…
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THE LONG ROUTE OFF BRAZIL
Francis Joyon is sailing day after day clocking up more than 600 miles averaging over 26 knots. In spite of…
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FRANCIS JOYON GETS A FIRST RECORD AT THE EQUATOR
IDEC SPORT entered the Southern Hemisphere a day ahead of the record pace Since last Saturday, Francis Joyon has been…
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WILL FRANCIS JOYON BE AHEAD AT THE EQUATOR?
Often unfortunate when passing through the Doldrums, such as when the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone forced IDEC SPORT to abandon its attempt…
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ALREADY LOOKING AT THE DOLDRUMS
It is one of the magical things about modern multihulls. They make the distances covered seem so banal. After four…
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JOYON AHEAD OF THE PACE AFTER TWO DAYS OF RACING
Francis Joyon and his maxi trimaran IDEC-SPORT have got off to the finest of starts in their latest challenge, the…
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DAY 1: IDEC SPORT AHEAD OF THE RECORD
On Sunday morning, Francis Joyon was ahead of his own record time set ten years ago on the Mauritius Route…
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MAURITIUS ROUTE RECORD: FRANCIS JOYON IS ON HIS WAY
Francis Joyon set off this morning on his attempt at the Mauritius Route record between Port Louis (Brittany) and Port…
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