Vendée Globe: successful repair for Antoine Cornic after five hours spent on his mast!

His Human Teal Voile team qualified this day “an extraordinary sporting feat and adventure” on social networks. Antoine Cornic managed to repair the mainsail rail in record time, alone at the top of his mast. He was able to start racing again. After three days of navigation, the Rais skipper arrived at 3:00 a.m., near Saint-Paul Island, a desert island in the southern lands. Even at anchor, the sea conditions were relatively rough with gusts of wind and 1.5m swell. In total, Antoine Cornic spent 5 hours at the top of his mast. “A grueling operation, but a successful operation.”

The rail is installed and the mainsail could be hoisted. “How beautiful the story is, a nod to Yves Parlier’s adventure in 2000, a TAFF controller present on the fishing boat L’Austral, passing through the area, was able to immortalize the presence of the HUMAN Immobilier boat on Saint-Paul Island A huge memory..” Next goal for Antoine Cornic: Cape Leuuwin in Australia!