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The C'est pas sorcier team heads for Normandy to board the three-masted BELEM. Built in 1896, the BELEM is the last survivor of the great fleet of French merchant sailing ships. Today, it is a training ship. The journey will not be easy. We will have to climb to the top of the masts, 34 m above the waves to set the 1200 square meters of sail area, without tying knots in the ropes. Hoist! Bring in! Raise! Reef! Brace! Tighten! Under the orders of the commander, we will maneuver the twenty-one sails with the strength of our arms like the topmen of yesteryear..... And Fred holds the helm! Hoisted O!!!