Vendee Globe race (English exercise n°50479 - Please quote this number when contacting us)Other English exercises on the same topicVendee Globe raceDo you like yacht races ? The' Vendee globe' was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989.It is a round-the -world single-handed yacht race which takes place every four years . This year ,the start will take place on November 9th at the Sables d'Olonne, a boating and fishing port on the Atlantic coast. The race is open to monohull yachts. In 2008,there are thirty boats ready to participate . They sail non-stop and without assistance; it's a serious test of individual endurance. The course is a circumnavigation from Sables d'Olonne,down the Atlantic Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope,then clockwise around the Antarctic, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn,then back to Sables d'Olonnes ..21,780 miles against all the odds.They have to cross three Oceans ( the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean ). In 2004,the winner was Vincent Riou .His time was eighty-seven days,ten hours,forty- seven minutes, fifty seconds. Good luck! English exercise "Vendee Globe race" created by eos17 (22-09-2008) with The test builderClick here to see the current stats of this English test1. The Vendee Globe was founded by Titouan Lamazou in 1989. Wrongright 2. In 2008,thirty sailing boats are going to sail the Vendee Globe.WrongRight 3. Les Sables d'Olonne is a port on the Mediterranean coast .rightWrong 4. There are six sailors on board the catamarans .RightWrong 5. The sailing boats turn clockwise around Antarctica. RightWrong 6. The boats will put into port at the Canaries .RightWrong 7. The latest record is eighty-eight days,ten hours,forty-seven minutes,fifty seconds .RightWrong 8. Vincent Riou was the winner of Vendee Globe 2004.RightWrong End of the free exercise to learn English: Vendee Globe race (01.11.2008 16:42)A free English exercise to learn English.Other English exercises on the same topic | All our lessons and exercises
Do you like yacht races ?
The' Vendee globe' was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989.It is a round-the -world single-handed yacht race which takes place every four years .
This year ,the start will take place on November 9th at the Sables d'Olonne, a boating and fishing port on the Atlantic coast.
The race is open to monohull yachts. In 2008,there are thirty boats ready to participate .
They sail non-stop and without assistance; it's a serious test of individual endurance.
The course is a circumnavigation from Sables d'Olonne,down the Atlantic Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope,then clockwise around the Antarctic, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn,then back to Sables d'Olonnes ..21,780 miles against all the odds.They have to cross three Oceans ( the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean ).
In 2004,the winner was Vincent Riou .His time was eighty-seven days,ten hours,forty- seven minutes, fifty seconds.
Good luck!
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