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Francis Joyon second in Guadeloupe

10 hours 36 minutes 01 second after Franck Cammas

Wednesday 10 November 2010Information Route du Rhum

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Breaking the finish line off Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe at 02 hrs 52 mins 48 secs today (Wednesday, CET/Paris) ( 01 hrs 52 mins 48 secs GMT/ 21 hrs 52 mins 48 secs local time Tuesday (CET -4hrs)) Francis Joyon on the 29.7m trimaran IDEC took second place in the 9th Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum -La Banque Postale solo Transatlantic race which started from Saint-Malo, France at 1302hrs (CET) Sunday 31st October.

The elapsed time for IDEC is 9 days 13 hrs 50 mins 48 secs . His average speed Speed #speedsailing is 18.19kts for the distance he sailed of 4181 miles. Over the theoretical course distance of 3539 miles Francis Joyon’s average speed Speed #speedsailing is 15.40 kts Joyon finished 10 hrs 36 min 1 secs behind Franck Cammas winner (Groupama 3).

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