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Brits set for a round the world classic

Four British sailors were due to start the Vendée Globe on 8 November, three of them women – two statistical records that bode well for the future of British sailing, and mean that the next few months should be extremely exciting for all British Vendée-watchers.

The great British hope is that Alex Thomson (right), 46, from Gosport, now on his fifth consecutive edition of the race, will finally claim the win that eluded him by a matter of

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