text: French skipper Lalou Roucayrol sails on his "Region Aquitaine Port Medoc" multihull on October 21, 2010 off the coast of Saint Malo, western France in preparation for the 9th Route du Rhum sailing race to start on October 31, 2010. The "Route du Rhum - Banque Postale" is a solo race held every four years between Saint-Malo to Pointe-à-Pitre in the French West Indies. AFP PHOTO DAMIEN MEYER