Faced with big fluctuations in the weather off the coast of Argentina, Jérémie Beyou didn't really have time to wake up.
“There I have 28 knots of wind upwind, and the seas are very short”summarized with the organization Jérémie Beyou (Charal), current 7th. “It's shaking a lot, we're looking for our way between this stormy depression which is arriving in our West and this anticyclone which is in our East. Between the two there is a northerly flow, between 25 and 30 knots, on the other hand in stormy minimums like that, it's a bit nonsense, there are big storms that I try to avoid”he explained.
The 48-year-old skipper, 3rd in the Vendée Globe in 2017, was recently confronted with the start of a fire, which made him all the more vigilant of any electrical incident on board. “It's complicated to race in these conditions, so that's not very fun. Being in a group adds pressure, you can't make a lot of mistakes, these boats go fast around you!”underlined the Finistère, stuck in the ranking between Nicolas Lunven (Holcim – PRB) and Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable). Denis van Weynbergh (D'Ieteren Group), 35th and currently last in the fleet, entered 2025 before the majority of his competitors. The Belgian has only recently passed Tasmania.
