We are following the Vendée race every day now. Tormentina & Raivo are especially interested since we lived next to Jean-Pierre Dick's boat Virbac Paprec 3, Armel Le Cléac'h's Banque Populaire, and Tanguy de Lamotte's Class 40 Initiatives for a month at the Base-de-sous-marins in Lorient last year. Tormentina also met François Gabart in Lorient two years prior (at age 1) when James went out for a day sail with him.
We met Armel's wife and son and she mentioned that some day she wants to go sailing with her family. We had to laugh when she told us that she had a "qualified" skipper.
Tormentina fell in love with all the bad-ass skippers when she saw them walking down the docks in their "action suits", but Tanguy won BIG points when he gave her a box of chocolates.
Look forward to returning to Lorient with baby #3.
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| Armel Le Cléac'h's Banque Populaire |
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| Banque Populaire 90° Stability Test |
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| Armel on his boat Banque Populaire |
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| Cockpit of Armel Le Cléac'h's Banque Populaire |
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| Banque Populaire 90° Stability Test |
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| James and Raivo in front of JP Dick's Virbac Paprec 3 |
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| JP Dick's Virbac Paprec 3 |
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| Tormentina kissing Tanguy de Lamotte |
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