Completely addicted to Virtual Regatta, the offshore racing simulation game, Estelle Denis cannot count on the support of her companion, skipper Marc Thiercelin.
Estelle Denis has been on permanent alert for three weeks. The Vendée Globe is in full swing and the star presenter of RMC is preparing to pass the Cape of Good Hope. The Breton at heart is not among the participants in the round-the-world race but is one of the 700,000 players of Virtual Regatta, the offshore racing simulation game.
And by her own admission, the journalist is totally hooked. This passion for Virtual Regatta is not recent since the Paris native is competing in her 20th race. And if, thanks to the “pack” offered by the organizers, she no longer gets up at night to change sails, she monitors her course or the conditions frantically, even if it means taking out her phone during ad breaks for Estelle Denis, her daily on RMC, or in his dinners with his friends.
Estelle Denis must fend for herself
This diligence pays off since Estelle Denis comes in around 17,000th place out of the 700,000 entered. But the host aims higher and hoped to be able to count on the support of her companion, the skipper Marc Thiercelin, four Vendée Globes under the clock, including a second place in 1997. But “Captain Marck” was not of a very valuable help…
“I tried one day. I showed him the game and asked whether to go east or west. He then said to me, 'What is the height of the waves? How can you tell if you don't have the height of the waves? Do you have this, this, this for information?' Him, that’s not her thing,” she said on the set of L’Equipe de choc, also admitting to not having her sea legs and even being sick on a boat…
