IN PICTURES – The launch of Maxime Sorel’s brand new boat

Sixteen months after the arrival of the last Vendée Globe, the skipper from Cannes Maxime Sorel launched his brand new boat. The Imoca Vandb-Monbana-Mayenne with its impressive red-eyed gray dragon now floats in the port of Concarneau.

Maxime Sorel’s boat is gradually revealing its new colours. © Radio France
Gildas Menguy

The 18-meter-long racing yacht has foils on each side, which was not the case with Maxime Sorel’s previous boat.

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1,200 people attended the launch of the VandB-Monbana-Mayenne boat.
1,200 people attended the launch of the VandB-Monbana-Mayenne boat. © Radio France
Gildas Menguy
Léonis came from Ruillé-Froid-Fonds with his grandparents to see Maxime Sorel's new boat.
Léonis came from Ruillé-Froid-Fonds with his grandparents to see Maxime Sorel’s new boat. © Radio France
Gildas Menguy
The Imoca suspended from the lifting crane.
The Imoca suspended from the lifting crane. © Radio France
Gildas Menguy

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The first sailings should take place on Thursday or Friday. Three months of preparation then before taking part in La Route du Rhum from Saint-Malo.


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