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Arnaud Boissières
Arnaud Boissières (born 20 July 1972) is a French professional offshore sailor. Boissières is the first sailor to start and finish four consecutive Vendée Globe --> The Vendée Globe is a single-handed (solo) non-stop, unassisted round the world yacht race. The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken place every four years. It is named after the Département of Vendé ... races. Career highlights File:Arnaud Boissières.jpg, Arnaud Boissières in 2012. File:Akena Vérandas Brest 2008.jpg, ''Akena Vérandas'' and ''VMI'' in 2008 File:Transat Jacques Vabre - 20111029 Akena vérandas 01.jpg, ''Akena Vérandas'' and ''PRB'' in 2011 File:Arnaud Boissières (8).jpg, Departure of Arnaud Boissières on the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe File:Arnaud Boissières (3).jpg, Departure of Arnaud Boissières on the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe File:La Mie Câline.jpg, -. File:Arnaud Boissières (17).jpg, Arrival Arnaud Boissières following the 2016-2017 Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a population of 320,732 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabitants (2020). With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms one of the main north-western French metropolitan agglomerations. It is the administrative seat of the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department and the Pays de la Loire Regions of France, region, one of 18 regions of France. Nantes belongs historically and culturally to Brittany, a former Duchy of Brittany, duchy and Province of Brittany, province, and Reunification of Brittany, its omission from the modern administrative region of Brittany is controversial. Nantes was identified during classical antiquity as a port on the Loire. It was the seat of a bishopric at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
