French skipper Marc Guillemot attends a news conference in Paris among some 28 sailors competing in the Vendee Globe's 6th edition , September 16, 2008. The Vendee Globe's 6th edition, a single handed, non-stop, around the world sailing race race will start from les Sables d'Olonne on France's Atlantic coast, November 9, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE)