The Vendée Globe race has only just begun, but Norman skipper Louis Duc is already experiencing some setbacks with a series of damages in recent days. While he had made a good start among the Imoca fleet, the Manchois from Carteret saw his progress slow down. Some technical problems had already slowed down the skipper of Fives Group – Lantana Environment during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday due to a strong and unstable wind. “I slowed down to pay attention to a small problem I had, it will resolve itself, it’s nothing too serious, he reacted in a video posted on his social networks. We will now position ourselves to pass Madeira. »
“There is work”
Wednesday afternoon while trying to catch up, Louis Duc saw his small spinnaker (a headsail) tear and therefore had to send his large spinnaker to compensate. Unfortunately during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, this large and powerful headsail exploded in a gust. “I spent 2 hours stopping to collect everything, the pieces in the water, in the drift and in the air. Everything is on board, the halyards and the bowsprit have not moved. Since then, the wind has changed, with squalls. I spent the night under gennaker: it wasn’t so bad. The small spinnaker can be repaired: there is work to be done! “, he commented yesterday on his Facebook account.
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If he concedes it, “one moment it will be penalizing”it is in no way alarmist at the moment: “I’ll make do with what I have left.” Especially since he puts the situation of several of his competitors into perspective: “For the moment it’s going well, it’s going quickly. There are squalls, the boat goes up to 25 knots. For the moment, there’s not much to complain about, I saw that competitors were in dire straits… there are people worse than us! “.
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