| 22 knots upwind, 40+ downwind - Pascal Bidegorry's new Banque Populaire is the limit of offshore race boat technology. We look at the world's fastest offshore race boat. In the Vendee Globe the leaders last night passed Salvador de Bahia, but with the South Atlantic weather far from usual the question perplexing the skippers is how to get to the Southern Ocean? | | Meanwhile in the Indian Ocean the Volvo Ocean Race fleet is dispersing to find the best route across the first set of Doldrums. Elvstrom Sails has a new owner.
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