breakage for Manche skipper Louis Duc

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Hard blow for Louis Duc in his solo round the world trip. Party Sunday November 10, 2024 from Les Sables-d’Olonne (Vendée), the Manche skipper sailed rather calmly towards the south of Europe until the night of Wednesday to Thursday.

But arriving between the Azores archipelago and the Canaries, things started to go wrong. He first saw his little spinnaker tearing under the effect of the wind. He then made the decision to send his large spinnaker, which, in turn, failed, leaving the Norman to his sad fate in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

The small spinnaker gives way… before the big one

At the beginning of the afternoon, this Thursday, November 13, Carteret took the time to give his news on his social networks, looking back in particular on his very agitated night. ” Today (Editor’s note, Thursday November 13, 2024), it goes wrong. We had a pretty complicated night since I blew my big spinnaker. It took me an hour and a half or two hours to repack everything, nothing went to waste. Now I'm going to do my race with what I have left, even if it's punishing. »

I saw that there were competitors who are in poverty so there are people worse than us!

Ces two mishaps suffered in quick succession could have given a blow to the morale of the sailor who fell back to the 30^e place. But it takes more for him to give up and, after this incidenthe set off again to attack the waves. With good humor: “It doesn’t fit together badly. There are grains. It goes up to 32 or 33 knots, the boat is at 25 so there's not much to complain about. I saw that there were competitors who are in poverty so there are people worse than us! »

On board his Fives Group – Lantana Environnement, Louis Duc will now seek to make up for lost time.

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