The Nantes driver Armel Tripon is officially qualified for the Vendée Globe

Armel Tripon.

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It's now official.

Nantes skipper Armel Tripon has qualified for the Vendée Globe.

On board the new

monohull 

, the Nantes skipper has just completed a solo route of over 2,300 miles which took him from Brittany to the Azores then to the Irish lighthouse of Fastnet, and back.

By completing this course, he validated his entry ticket for the Vendée Globe and will be at the start of the round the world race on November 8.

“I am very happy, blows the navigator in a press release.

It feels good to be qualified - it was essential before September 15 - and I want to salute the work of the entire technical team, because I did not have the slightest problem on board during these nine days alone at sea It is a collective victory.

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As a reminder, at the end of June, Armel Tripon had been scared with a view to the Vendée Globe.

Ten days before the Vendée-Arctic-Les Sables d'Olonne, qualifying race for the VG, the Nantes skipper had collided with an UFO (unidentified floating object) and damaged his boat.

Then, after having finally managed to be at the start of Vendée-Arctic-Les Sables d'Olonne, he had to abandon the victim of damage after two days ...

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