What an idea to embark on a race around the world alone, non-stop and without assistance of 45,000 km to find yourself, at 43e sea day and two thirds of the course, to race almost side by side with his best enemy on the outskirts of the icy Cape Horn (Chile)!
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No matter, it's almost Christmas too, on the afternoon of Monday December 23, Yoann Richomme (Paprec-Arkéa) is in a playful mood while Charlie Dalin (Macif-Santé-Prevoyance) has just stolen from him – for less than two miles (less than 4 km) – the lead of the 10e edition of the Vendée Globe, leaving from Les Sables-d'Olonne (Vendée) on November 10.
“It’s a party [la fête] ! Even if Charlie and I are obviously a little busier than those behind who are in a mess [zone sans vent] »says the 41-year-old skipper Mondea handful of hours away from crossing the last symbolic mark of a circumnavigation of which 36 competitors out of 40 (four abandonments) are still at sea, before the last long sprint across the Atlantic Ocean.
Yoann Richomme swears, “ with 40 miles of lateral separation, but almost equal distance from the goal”, he and his old friend and rival Charlie Dalin (40 years old) do not see each other but are “ in cruise mode “. “We are currently sailing ahead of strong winds, so we have little sea and the boat is calmly resting at 25-26 knots [une quarantaine de km/h], the Pacific, what! »he rejoices. “ Seriously, we have had a crazy success because, since the big storm we experienced in Kerguelen, we haven't had a gale; compared to what the rear of the fleet suffered, we really fell between the drops. »
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