Italian skipper Alessandro Di Benedetto sails onboard his “Team Plastique” monohull during a training session on October 27, 2012 off the coast of 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 /VINCENT CURUTCHET / DPPI (Photo credit should read vincent curutchet/AFP/Getty Images)