9:48 PM Fri 11 Jun 2010 GMT
At the end of April, Gitana 11 limped into the hangars of St Philibert, SW Brittany after weaknesses were observed on the maxi-trimaran's floats by Yann Guichard during a solo offshore training session. Now, following a six week refit and some exemplary work carried out by Gitana Team's shore crew, everything appears to be shipshape and the damage, which originally forced the Gitana skipper to make a few days stopover in Ireland, is imperceptible. As such the revamped multihull is already in her Route du Rhum configuration as she sits alongside the pontoons of La Trinit?-sur-Mer. Friday 11th June -
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by Gitana 11 Team
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