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Route du Rhum – Sébastien Simon : « Le cockpit de mon IMOCA est devenu ma zone de vie »

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Sébastien Simon nous accueille à bord de son nouvel IMOCA, Groupe Dubreuil - Air Caraibes, dessiné par Guillaume Verdier.

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