Team Sodebo and Thomas Coville to compete in the Tour de Belle Isle

The Maxi trimaran Sodebo is racing in the Tour de Belle Isle in competition against the new Prince de Bretagne, Gitana XI and Spindrift Racing on their MOD70. 

From the following article on www.sodebo.fr

http://www.sodebo.fr/voile/actualites/article/belle-douarnenez-sodebo-fait-grand-pont

Here is the rough Bing Translation:

Belle-île in Douarnenez, Sodebo made the large bridge

For this first weekend in may, Sodebo stable will be on all fronts. Saturday, the maxi-trimaran participates in the 6th edition of the Tour de Belle-Ile and will be skipped by Thomas Coville, whereas in Douarnenez, the crew of the monohull Sodebo M34 takes the departure of the Iroise Cup with Damien Iehl at the helm. Two beautiful playgrounds for two boats very different measurements Sodebo! 
 
From her home port of La Trinité-sur-Mer, the 31 meters trimaran for single-handed records dispute the Tour de Belle-Ile; navigation of 42 miles around this corner of Brittany which is so aptly named.

In six years, this event has become the largest French regatta in terms of number of registered with almost 500 participants at the start! The small boat family to the maxi-trimaran Sodebo, the longest boat of this edition, the sailors share this same pleasure of a journey to 'human' size allowing everyone to compete with its own weapons.

After three weeks of sailing where Thomas Coville and his team did discover this boat of exception to employees and guests of Sodebo, it is the turn of the management team to respond to the invitation of the skipper and share a few thrills at his side!

"Belle-Ile is a meeting of lovers of sailing in the image of what know to do since so long the Anglo-Saxon," explains Thomas. "I am very happy to live this pleasant moment with the people with whom we work on a daily basis to the development and the dynamism of our project Sodebo."

The weather conditions ahead light Saturday (10-12 knots from the West) which could instead benefit the lighter multihulls as the 80 foot Prince de Bretagne of Lionel Lemonchois trimaran (ex-Sodebo 60 feet) or even the 77 foot Gitana 11's Sébastien Josse and the Spindrift of Yann Guichard MOD70.

Response Saturday, kick-off at 10 o'clock!