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Jean-Luc rounds Cape Horn
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Jean-Luc rounds Cape Horn

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Jean-Luc rounds Cape Horn

Dan Houston2020-11-06T11:24:01+00:00November 24th, 2018|News|

Jean-Luc Van den Heede, the 73-years young French sailor leading the Golden Globe Race in his Rustler 36 yacht Matmut, rounded Cape Horn last night and is heading north east into the Atlantic at 7.5 knots. Matmut suffered damage to her rigging when the yacht was pitchpoled 3-weeks ago and organisers have been concerned [...]

Van den Heede extends his lead
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Van den Heede extends his lead

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Van den Heede extends his lead

Dan Houston2020-11-06T11:24:22+00:00October 10th, 2018|News|

Matmut skipper passes through Hobart film gate with 1,600 mile lead over 2nd placed Mark Slats Jean-Luc Van Den Heede reached Hobart in Tasmania for the BoatShed.com–film gate collection point at 07:30 local time on Saturday October 6 to drop film and letters before heading out of Storm Bay to resume his lengthening lead [...]

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