INTERVIEW – Eighth in the ranking and first woman, the Swiss put in a great performance for her very first solo round-the-world trip.
The phone rings, via WhatsApp, and Justine Mettraux answers as if she were in the next room. Magic of technology. But all it takes is for the wind to rise off the coast of Cape Verde for the monohull sailor to TeamWork-Team Snef abandons us in order to reduce her mainsail. Not for long, fortunately. In the fight to finish in the top 10 for her first Vendée Globe and at the head of the six women at the start, the Swiss has things to say…
LE FIGARO. – After sixty-seven sea days, how are you ?
JUSTINE METTRAUX. – It's okay, I was able to rest well last night. Afterwards, the end of the race does not look easy with very strong conditions in two or three days. Mentally, I tell myself that we have to bring the boat home. You'll have to dose it, be careful, because he's starting to get very tired.
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