Thursday Dame Ellen MacArthur smashed the champagne bottle against the hull of NOVEDIA Group – S.E.T. environnement in Le Havre. Tanguy de Lamotte and Nick Bubb had the pleasure of having the projects three partners, Edouard Danel (president of NOVEDIA Group), Roland Sonnet (president of S.E.T. environment) and Patrice Roynette (president of the association Patronage Cardiac Surgery), at the ceremony.
The symbolic gesture will hopefully bring luck to the boat and crew, and it was also an occasion for Ellen to wish “good luck” to Tanguy and Nick Bubb for their first Transat Jacques Vabre.
- The boat is more or less ready for the start, and I will start to look at the weather forecasts on Wednesday, says Nick Bubb.
All the 30 Class 40 boats are now moored in the race village in Le Havre.
