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Gaël de Crevoisier, from Labastide-Saint-Pierre (Tarn-et-Garonne) left Thursday, December 12, from the island of Gomera, in the Canary archipelago, to reach Antigua, in the Caribbean, with the sole force of his arms.
The road is long for Gaël de Crevoisier, originally from Labastide-Saint-Pierre (Tarn-et-Garonne), who is currently rowing across the Atlantic. For this aerodynamic engineer, you have to be methodical on your boat, and the journey is particularly delicate.
To date, Gaël is only the second Frenchman to take on the Atlantic 4,800 challenge, and he is currently in the middle of his journey. “He is progressing at a regular speed despite some hazards, and he will soon have completed two thirds of the journey,” inform people close to the operation. As a reminder, in taking on this ambitious, and even totally crazy, challenge, Gaël de Crevoisier must complete 5,000 kilometers along the entire route. “Generally speaking, everything is going very well, but it is a very difficult year in terms of weather conditions, the parameters are complex, and we have to hope that everything goes well until his arrival. » Because all the boats are taking longer than usual. “There were a lot of problems, he had to row and face some adventures, notably due to energy problems on the boat that he had to resolve himself, and then the boat turned over, and Gaël lost a shoe which evaporated in the Ocean,” indicates the staff who are following him using satellite technologies.
-Still strength
Obviously, the town of Labastide-Saint-Pierre is following the adventures of this operation with pride. The journey continues for Gaël, who must face the sandstorm of the Sahara. “His boat has turned orange, but in the coming days, everything should be calmer because he is arriving in the trade winds. » Despite a swollen knee, mainly due to repetitive movements, and a few blisters on the palms of his hands, Gaël de Crevoisier is still in the race, under the sun and in the sea air. With a regular and rather satisfactory cadence, it should probably arrive around February 12, but everything will depend on its regularity and the often unpredictable parameters.
Until then, you will have to continue to manage sleep and fatigue well, and this requires a great deal of knowledge of your own body. Because in such conditions, Gaël will have already lost around ten kilos.
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