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OPEN 60: The reasons behind the changes
April 24th, 2013
In the 2008-9 Vendee Globe, the solo, non-stop around the world race in the IMOCA Open 60 class, 19 of the 30 original entries that started in Les Sables d’Olonne, France failed to finish. During the 2012-13 edition, 9 of the 20 starting skippers experienced a similar fate. Both the reduction of entries, and the