Violette Dorange, the twenty-three-year-old phenomenon who is dusting off the Vendée Globe

She arrived in Port Olona in her red overalls, the blonde duvet pulled back on November 10 for the big departure. Before breaking through the public and finding his monohull BecomeViolette Dorange wiped her reddened eyes, as if bound by emotion, to deliver a few words, her last on the ground. « Seeing the other competitors in the channel did something to me, it’s a bit crazy what’s happening… »she said in a small voice but with a smile stretched from ear to ear.

This little piece of young woman measuring 1.59 m had not yet seen anything of what awaited her. A few moments later on the pontoon, it was time for the final goodbye with the siblings, with heavy hearts, under the eyes of thousands of spectators. « I have never been alone at sea for more than twenty days, now I am leaving for at least four times as long, so this moment will inevitably be intense »had entrusted the navigator to Figaro a few days…