“The last few days have been like everything else, commented the skipper of Charalfourth in the Vendée Globe in 74 days. 12:56:54″, in a press conference, after returning from the channel. Passing Cape Finisterre seems trivial, I must have passed it hundreds of times, but there it was like a war. These last few hours have been like the course of my race, where the phenomena did not come together as I hoped or as was planned. This created intellectual headaches that had to be managed. When everything is fluid, everything is easier but when faced with stuck situations, we are stuck in trouble. You are dependent on that, forced to deal with it. In my misfortune, I was lucky that there were people around and it created a great fight. To manage to come out at the head of this group in these conditions, where you can never predict what will happen, it was a big challenge. It was motivating but tiring. We had to constantly add coal for a month and a half. It was super intense. »
