Italian skipper Alessandro di Benedetto tests navigation equipment aboard his “Team Plastique” monohull, on October 27, 2012 in Les Sables d’Olonne, western France. The 7th edition of the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race will start on November 10, 2012. AFP PHOTO JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD (Photo credit should read JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP/Getty Images)
