The French Revolution
Meet the sailors who want to bring their French Touch into the next edition of The Ocean Race...
Published on The Ocean Race's website in June, this video shows sailors linked to the round the world race and/or to the IMOCA class talking about the upcoming revolution for the 2021-22 edition of the race. Meet Paul Meilhat, winner of the 2018 Route du Rhum and co-skipper on Initiatives-Coeur - Cécile Laguette, who sailed onboard team AkzoNobel in 2017-18 - Jérémie Beyou, winner of the 2017-18 edition onboard Dongfeng Race Team, and skipper of the IMOCA Charal - Vincent Riou, ex PRB skipper and technical director for Arkéa Paprec - Sam Davies, skipper of Team SCA in the 2014-15 edition and now skipper of Initiatives-Coeur
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