British sailor Alex Thomson takes the start takes the start of the 'Transat Jacques Vabre' monohulls and multihulls sailing race on his Imoca class monohull on November 8, 2009 off of Le Havre, western of France. The race takes place between Le Havre and Puerto Limon, Costa Rica. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

British sailor Alex Thomson takes the start takes the start of the 'Transat Jacques Vabre' monohulls and multihulls sailing race on his Imoca class monohull on November 8, 2009 off of Le Havre, western of France. The race takes place between Le Havre and Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.

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