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New IMOCA upsets the formbook

French co-skippers Charlie Dalin and Yann Eliès surprised many pundits by winning the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre in October with a new Verdier-designed IMOCA 60, Apivia.

was one of five new generation foiling was not predicted to be as fast as Jérémie Beyou’s new , which has had more than a year of preparation.

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