''La Poste'' is a sailing boat designed by

Bruce Farr Bruce Kenneth Farr (born 1949 in Auckland) is a New Zealand designer of racing and cruising yachts. Farrdesigned boats have won, challenged for, or placed highly in the Whitbread Round the World Race, America's Cup, and Sydney to Hobart Yacht Ra ...

and built for the French postal service, who participated in different yacht races led by different captains, Daniel Mallé and

Éric Tabarly Éric Marcel Guy Tabarly was a French Navy officer and yachtsman, born 24 July 1931 in Nantes and died 13 June 1998 of drowning in the Irish Sea. He developed a passion for offshore racing very early on and won several ocean races such as the Osta ...

who replaced Daniel Malle as skipper after the second leg in the

Whitbread Round the World Race The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Ra ...

. The crew of La Poste was composed by postal service employees. During Leg 2 of the race while La Poste was leading, the team decided to turn around to answer a distress signal from another boat, '' Brooksfield'', sailing into 50-knot winds. In 2012 La poste participated in the

Barcolana regatta The Barcolana (slo.: Barkovljanka) is a historic international sailing regatta organized by the yacht club Società Velica di Barcola e Grignano. It takes place every year in the Gulf of Trieste on the second Sunday of October. The Barcolana is ...

with a team composed by member of

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and 8 boys and girls with Down Syndrome..The documentary "The wind force", directed by Emilia Ricasoli and Alessio Muzi and aired on the Italian broadcaster La7, tells the team's preparation and the subsequent participation in the regatta. Since 2013 Giorgio Cerasuolo is the Captain of La Poste. In 2014 participated in the

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and set a record time from

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to Santa Marta in 15 days. As of 2017 La Poste is in Linton Bay, Panama, and is for sale.

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* {{Official website, https://lapostemaxi.wordpress.com Sailing yachts designed by Bruce Farr 1990s sailing yachts Volvo Ocean Race yachts Maxi yachts Sailing yachts of France Sailboat type designs by Bruce Farr