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Country: France Head: Xavier de Lesquen Skipper: Luc Pillot Tactician: Phillipe Presti Budget: US$20m Team size: 120 Sail no: FRA-69, FRA-79 Club: Union Nationale pour la Course au large, France Boat hull: Bright yellow / green Spinnaker: white

This team was full of enthusiasm, but they were the first team to be knocked out of the competition in the Louis Vuitton series. This team has worked with a very small budget, and not a lot of recognition back in France. The French are very keen sailors, but they are mostly known for their single-handed racers, or multi-hull, not big boat sailors. When the team was knocked out of the competition, they donated all of their left-over food supplies to charities in Auckland, which was a very generous action.