Vendee Globe’s skippers (seated, LtoR) Louis Burton, Samantha Davies, Tanguy Delamotte, Alessandro di Benedetto, Jean-Pierre Dick and Francois Gabart, (second row, LtoR) Marc Guillemot, Bertrand de Broc, Arnaud Boissieres, Mike Golding, Jeremie Beyou, Zbigniew Gutkowski, Kito de Pavant, Armel Le Cleac’h, Jean Le Cam, Alex Thomson, Vincent Riou, Javier Sanso, Bernard Stamm and Dominique Wavres, pose during a press conference, on November 7, 2012 in Les Sables d’Olonne, western France, three days ahead of the 7th edition of the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race. AFP PHOTO JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD (Photo credit should read JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP/Getty Images)
