Vendée Globe, Rhum, Jacques Vabre, Europe Race, Figaro and Spi Ouest, everywhere you look you’ll find various incarnations of Marc Guillemot. Strolling along memory quay with him amounts to going back to the roots of France’s multihull scene, no less. A journey that has spawned dramatic stories and many feats of innovation, but remains quite recent by sporting standards. Recent enough that its creators are still active – and able to give unfiltered accounts of its genesis, starting from an era characterised by the quasi-absence of big professional teams and of big racing boats. Well, almost… So finds out Jocelyn Blériot
‘It started when I met Patrick Morvan,’ says Marc. Having won the 1981 Two Star in class 5 with his cousin Bertrand de Broc, the pair got friendly with Morvan who roped them into a project he was about to start, with support from logistics firm Jet Services.
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