Alex Thomson launches his “new” Hugo Boss, is former Virbac Paprec 3
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Alex Thomson doesn’t just walk around in a suit on masts and keels; he actually sails: now has a new boat as a companion, also “branded” Hugo Boss. It is the Open 60 ex-Virbac Paprec 3, aboard which Jean-Pierre Dick finished fourth in the 2012-13 Vendée Globe despite losing his keel.
AN EMBLAZONED BOAT
But more importantly, it is the boat that won the Transat Jacques Vabre in 2011 (with Jérémie Beyou as Dick’s wingman) and the 2010-11 Barcelona World Race (with Loïck Peyron along with Dick), the round-the-world race that Thomson plans to go on to win along with Spanish co-skipper Pepe Ribes.
ALEX WILL MISS THE “PREMIERE”
Alex will not be able to take part in Hugo Boss’s “first” oceanic, the New York to Barcelona Race (starting next June 1), because his son will be born at that time: Ribes will take it on with American Ryan Breymaier. But Thomson is no longer looking forward to it, and soon we will hear about him.
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