Maxi80 Prince de Bretagne reported Capsized

Lionel Lemonchois started his 11th day at sea, trying to break the Mauricienne record, from Port-Louis in Brittany to Port-Louis, the capital of Mauritius when he manually triggered the distress beacon of his 80-foot maxi trimaran Prince de Bretagne.

Published 28/01/2014

By Jean-Christophe Guillaumin

Issue: Previous issues

Published: jan. / feb. 2013

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On Monday (27 january) afternoon, at precisely 3:57pm, Lionel Lemonchois manually triggered the distress beacon of his 80-foot maxi trimaran Prince de Bretagne. He is approximately 800 miles off the Brazilian coast.
Yesterday early in the evening, the sailor called his team to inform them that the trimaran had capsized. He was sound and safe inside the boat’s central hull but was forced to to cut her rigging.

More information: www.voile.princedebretagne.com