Friday, April 4 will be a special day in Bordeaux, which will host the maxi trimaran IDEC and pilot Francis Joyon, in the preamble to the top from the Route de l’Amitié. This new record between Bordeaux and Rio de Janeiro is intended as a bridge friendly union between France and Brazil. It will bring Great Ambassadors of the two countries – sports personalities, artists, or from the business and media circles – around a common support to charities including ICM, Institute for Brain and Spinal Cord. For this new Road 5000 nautical miles (9,200 km) across the Atlantic, the big red trimaran will front the “Sail of Hope”, which will be dedicated during signing ceremonies in France and in Brazil by all great ambassadors of both countries gathered around the project. It will then be auctioned in late 2014 at a gala evening in Paris. All the profits will be donated to charities and the Institute for Brain and Spinal Cord (see previous news). From 10 am this Friday, April 4, therefore, the big red trimaran pass under the bridge Chaban-Delmas, and will dock to honor pontoon, near the Place de la Bourse. At 11am, the team Girondins de Bordeaux sign turn Sail of Hope in other sports personalities company. At 15:30, Francis Joyon will board the big multihull and revert the Chaban-Delmas bridge 16h. This will be the official start of stand-by itself. Ie the waiting period of better weather opportunity to carry out this solitary navigation and establish the first reference of this new Route de L’Amitié.