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SCUTTLEBUTT EUROPE #1419 - 25 JANUARY 2008

Brought to you by YachtsandCruisers.com ( www.YachtsandCruisers.com ), Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors — with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor [Email address: editor #AT# scuttlebutteurope.com - replace #AT# with @ ]

GROUPAMA STARTS JULES VERNE ATTEMPT
At 07h 50′ 17”(GMT) Thursday, the ten men on Groupama 3 set off on the Jules Verne Trophy attempt. They will need to cross this same line, between Lizard Point and the Creac’h lighthouse, after rounding the three capes, prior to 15th March at 00 hours 09 minutes 21 seconds (GMT) to snatch the round the world record. The reference time held by Bruno Peyron since 2005 is 50 days 16 hours 20 minutes 4 seconds.

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