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SAILING - ROUND THE WORLD RACE - VENDEE GLOBE 2012/2013 - START - LES SABLES D'OLONNE (FRA) - 10/11/2012 - PHOTO FRANCOIS VAN MALLEGHEM / DPPI - TANGUY DE LAMOTTE (FRA) /
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French solo yachtsman Jean-Luc van den Heede (72 is a competitor in the 2018 Golden Globe Race This 5-time circumnavigator already holds the record for the fastest solo west-about non-stop circumnavigation against
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2018 Golden Globe Race. Les Sables d'Olonne March 2018. French skipper Jean-Luc Van Den Heede sail training on his Rustler 36 MATMUT in preparation for the start of The 2018 Golden Globe
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