Like – one imagines – all navigators, Olivier de Kersauson has a desire to explore that he sometimes cannot control. Which explains why Arthur's father (born in 1980 from his marriage to Caroline Piloquet-Verne, a woman who unfortunately died in 2005 at the age of 47) did not stay in Brittanywhere he had nevertheless settled. He felt “good” thereas he explains in his book Before memory fades, some maritime remarks (published on November 21, 2024 by Editions du Cherche Midi). “But I kept telling myself that maybe there's better elsewhere.“
“I wanted to see everything. I wanted to tour all the cities to see which was the most pleasant to live in according to my criteria. In short, don't make a mistake in life (…) I could live perpetually on vacation, in a hotel. I'm above ground, which makes sense, in a way, for a sailor! I have very little to do with possession. I don't need an interior. I have always lived in beautiful places all my life (…) But I am not attached.”
Olivier de Kersauson says more about his passion for the Sea
Olivier de Kersauson explains being “a Breton who is in the world“. Someone who is constantly “on the move” and thus doesn’t fit in “anywhere”. The “only world” where he really feels at home is obviously “the sea”. Which is quite easy to understand, when we look at the cities where he lived. In fact, except for Paris, most of them are located on the water's edge! San Francisco, Marseille…
In Brittany too, he was never far from the water. As a reminder, it was there that he first married his wife Sandra. A civil marriage in Brest, in 2014, followed by a second union, this time in a more religious setting…and on the other side of the world! In fact, Olivier de Kersauson followed her to Polynesia, because that's where she comes from. And he then fell in love with this place on the planet, where he is still based, according to the latest news. A “Breton captain in Polynesia” !
