Paprec France S.A.

Turkey-France sailing race begins in Istanbul
Xinhua News Agency; 8/29/2009; 387 words; Turkey-France sailing race begins in...reported. Some of world's top sailors set sail for...sponsored mainly by Turkey's promotion agency for Istanbul...Guillermo Altadill - DCNS, France, Skipper: Marc Thiercelin...Skipper: Kito De Pavant - Paprec Virbac 2, France, Skipper...

Collision with 'growler' rips away rudder to end Dick's Vendee Globe
The Independent - London; 1/1/2009; 424 words; ...object ripped away the port rudder of his Paprec-Virbac. "The race is over for me...starters from Les Sables d'Olonne in France on 9 November are now out. "I was sleeping...dangerous." That means that Britain's Sam Davies (right), moves up to a top...

Vendee leader Golding loses his mast again
AP Worldstream; 12/16/2008; 693 words; ...secured a 30-mile lead over Paprec-Virbac 2, skippered by Jean-Pierre Dick of France, who had himself been forced...what remains of his yacht's spars and rigging to manufacture...America. Michel Desjoyeaux of France on Foncia is the new race...

Vendee race leader damages boat in collision
AP Worldstream; 12/15/2008; 558 words; ...Jean-Pierre Dick of France, who has led the solo...is now sailing his boat Paprec-Vibrac 2 with just the...Les Sables d'Olonne, France, on Nov. 9 into strong...Friday after his keel's locking mechanism broke...organizers, while Britain's Mike Golding, in second...

Vendee: Wavre breaks keel, likely to abandon race
AP Worldstream; 12/12/2008; 715 words; ...hull bottom and hence the boat's integrity. Wavre said that he...from Les Sables d'Olonne, France, on Nov. 9 into strong winds...Africa, Australia and America. France's Jean-Pierre Dick on Paprec-Virbac 2 currently leads the...