On the side of series boats, 19 Pogo 2 will be lining at the start among the 28 listed. Once again, the design Finot will be the most represented. Two Manuard's Tip-Top will be on the start line with Jorge Maden Ruiz (636 – Casio G-Shock) and Loïc Le Bras (579 – Cachaca) and three new Rolland’s D2 in the hands of Tolga Pamir (737 - Yakamoz), Pierre Cizeau (746 - E = MD2) and Brendan Archin (757 - Bibounde), who just finished 2nd in the last Select 6.50. Will the supremacy Pogo 2 be shattered? To be continued... Knowing that there will be two Zero, a Dingo and a 1998's Pogo 1, in the hands of Serge Bertrand (230 – Minimum). Six competitors are coming back after their adventure in The Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 2009: Robert Rosen Jacobson (602 –Ned602), Emmanuel Renaud (446 – Koati), Conrad Colman (480 – Betelgeuse), Amaury François (697 – Minus), Marc Vertes (733 – Les amis de la terre kokopelli) and the amazing Xavier Macaire (472 - Masoco Bay) who finished third in series in 2009!