French skipper Michel Desjoyeaux stands on his monohull for the Route du Rhum sailing race and which is docked in Saint-Malo harbour, French Brittany, October 28, 2010. The Rhum race is a solo transatlantic sailing race for monohulls and multihulls, which finishes at Pointe-a-Pitre harbour in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Some 86 participants will be lining up for the start on October 31. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: SPORT YACHTING HEADSHOT)