Cape Horn s ‘ad (wrong)
The monster is coming. Known as terrible for its weather conditions, passing Cape Horn should not spare the leading peloton of this Vendée Globe. A depression is announced for the next few days, while Bestaven should pass the symbolic course on Friday or Saturday. The gusts blowing from the northwest will indeed not be a piece of cake, while offering an opportunity to once again build a significant gap for those who hook up the right wagon. The depression expected from Friday could indeed help to split the top eleven into two groups. And finally to create gaps between the first ones, which for the moment stand at in 500 miles.
The leader’s eve
Yannick Bestaven was on vacation last night in the Vendée . The opportunity to hear a little from the leader of this Vendée Globe on all subjects: weather forecast, Cape Horn, pursuers and … New Years Eve of 40. “New Year’s Eve is not going to be party favors and mother-in-law’s tongues and in addition, as all the discos are closed,” he explains. It will be an evening like any other! Of course, I’m going to call my family and friends ashore who are going to celebrate New Years Eve, but that’s it. It doesn’t do much to me, even if there are plenty of ways to disconnect at sea: I live a bit from day to day. The new year is not going to change the way I sail or the weather to come! “
Escoffier’s WhatsApps, documents for history
We cannot resist the urge to offer you this little image. This is an excerpt from an Instagram story published by the survivor Kévin Escoffier, in which he makes public the WhatsApp which he sent to his team to announce that his boat was sinking and that he was in great danger . Three short messages: “I’m sinking”, “I’m not joking”, “Lauday”. With a big lesson to remember: in the event of great danger at sea, avoid leaving the autocorrect of your telephone, it would be screwed to replace “Mayday” by “Lauday”. Fortunately, that did not prevent Kévin Escoffier from being saved.
Words that have entered the history of the Vendée Globe.
One month after the sinking of the ‘IMOCA PRB, @ KevinEscoffier found the text messages sent to his team ashore. In a nice text published yesterday on his Instagram account, the skipper also gives an appointment you in 2020 😉 # VG 2020 pic.twitter.com/tjDTgAFkpS