Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Wednesday December 4, 2024 at 2:51 p.m.
The youngest skipper in the history of the Vendée Globe, Violette Dorange (23 years old) is at the heart of the storm in the Indian Ocean. And the 25th general can't wait until it's over!
The Vendée Globe competitors are facing their first big storm, in the Indian Ocean, and “it's already war”, as Violette Dorange (23 years old), the youngest of this edition and even the youngest skipper of the history of the legendary solo race.
25th in a ranking dominated by Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance), who took the Eastern option with his runner-up Sébastien Simon (Groupe-Dubreuil), the sailor of Devenir, the former Imoca of Jean Le Cam, the dean of this Vendée Globe, explains having to deal with winds of “36 knots (67 km/h), and there are gusts up to 40 (74 km/h). And about 4 meters of swell I would say, between 3 and 4 meters But, above all, it's very messy and it goes in all directions.”
“I can’t wait until it’s over!”
The young Rochefortaise is therefore “can't wait for it to be over”, because “the sea there is a bit of a mess. But for the moment it's fine, the boat is holding up well, and it's moving forward”, she says positively Next. “These are squall passages, so well, we'll see. In any case I stay outside to watch my little boat, check that it doesn't “nimp” (anything, editor's note) at the helm, and ride if necessary.”
Approaching the Cape of Good Hope and this first depression feared by all the competitors, Violette Dorange, who started sailing at the age of 7, had already expressed her apprehension, and her desire to find the most secure as possible. “I'm just going to try to get through without breaking the boat. I'm going to tie everything on the boat, use as little canvas as possible, to get through without too much danger, but it's true that that scares me a little.” , she admitted like this.
