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Route du Rhum – Francis Joyon has capsized aboard his ORMA trimaran

11.02

French skipper Francis Joyon, competing in the Oceans class (vintage multihulls) his ORMA trimaran, Océans on day 2 of the Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe Monday afternoon.

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