With Laurent Louët and Martin Couturié
“Vendée Globe: adventurers from the deep South”, Dino di Meo and Antoine Grenapin, Hugo Images, € 40
Vendée Globe, adventurers from the Deep South
Like four years ago, Dino du Meo (former journalist at
Liberation
) and Antoine Grenapin (freelance journalist with
Le Point in
particular) are once again signing the essential book of the ninth edition of Everest of the Seas.
Official book of the race,
"
The adventurers of the great South
"
give voice to all the sailors who wrote the legend of this legendary race.
The authors have succeeded in the feat of finding the trace of all the skippers (without exception!) Who set off from Les Sables-d'Olonne since 1989 and collect their testimonies.
Each word is a singular adventure from which often reappears a maelstrom of emotions and feelings, raw and sometimes contradictory, ranging from the intoxication of victory to the distress of abandonment, from ecstasy in the face of raging elements to the great doubt of loneliness.
The stories are accompanied by a short biography and illustrations of each of the monohulls.
Special mention to the sublime black and white portraits of all these heroes and heroines of the seas.
To read also,
“The Vendée Globe, 30 years of adventure” (Editions Gallimard, 35 €)
, signed by Didier Ravon, journalist and photographer of reference in the world of sailing.
Probably the most complete book to relive each of the eight editions with a precise and detailed account of the progress of the race, enriched by a remarkable collection of photos.
“The legend of the Vendée Globe”, Philippe Joubin, Editions Albin Michel, € 29.90
The legend of the Vendée Globe
Take to the sea from your sofa with this book which will have its place in your maritime library.
Firstly because Philippe Joubin, its author, has covered all the Vendée Globe editions for
L'Equipe
and
Voiles et Voiliers
.
A benchmark in the world of ocean racing.
Then because the author's pen is enhanced by a formidable iconography.
The book, a true encyclopedia of the event, is offered in the form of an alphabet book ranging from
“
Albatros
”
to
“
Sailing
”
via
“
Christmas
”
,
“
Decorations
”
or
“
Doldrums
”
where slip many portraits of skippers.
Joubin juggles with anecdotes to brilliantly recount one of the last great modern adventures of our aseptic societies.
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"Thus was born the Vendée Globe", Didier Planson and Fabrice Hodecent, Editions Toutazimoute, € 25
Thus was born the Vendée Globe
How not to include in this selection a book written, published and printed in France by a team of Vendéens?
The illustration of the cover of
"
Thus was born the Vendée Globe
"
is signed Titouan Lamazou, winner of the first edition in 1989 and converted to painter.
A first good point awarded straight away for this book which stands out from the others by its original approach since it traces the history - and the little story - of the creation of this race, which, in 1989, had nothing to do with it. see with the media and organizational machine that we know today.
Race against the clock, struggles to make ends meet (which was not guaranteed on the day of the start of the first edition), obstacles in shambles: Didier Planson and Fabrice Hodecent highlight the work of all those who worked in shadow to allow browsers to shine.
A painstaking job based on countless archival documents attached to the story.
A small gold mine.
“My Vendée Globe, Behind the scenes of a legendary race”, Denis Horeau, Editions François Bourin, € 22
My Vendée Globe, behind the scenes of a legendary race
Race director of four Vendée Globe (1989, 2004, 2008 and 2012), Denis Horeau is one of the characters who knows best behind the scenes of the event.
The former boss of the solo round-the-world trip has chosen to retrace his history through a very comprehensive alphabet book that is accessible to as many people as possible.
A well-thought-out tote in which we will draw anecdotes, sometimes funny, information on the backstage of the organization and still on the course of the race.
A way to revisit three decades with, as a bonus, tone and free speech.
Because Denis Horeau, who is now dedicated to protecting the environment, keeps a very critical eye on this race and its development over the years.
A committed and thoughtful look that makes all the salt of his testimony.
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"Dictionary of sailing lovers", Loïc Peyron, Editions Plon, € 26
Loïck Peyron has never entered his name on the Vendée Globe prize list, but this immense sailor with 49 Atlantic crossings shares his passion for the oceans at the right time through his
“
Lovers of sailing dictionary
”
.
This opus made a late but successful appearance in this reference collection from the Plon house.
The earthy Nantais once again confirms that he is a great storyteller, able to make those who already feel nauseous at the idea of stepping on a boat deck love sailing.
“Stories of the Vendée Globe”, Alexandre Chenet and Renaud Garreta, Editions Dargaud, € 18
Vendée Globe stories
For those whom the pure reading of sailing stories may put off, Dargaud looks back on the history of the Vendée Globe in pictures and bubbles through a comic strip.
The Chenet-Garreta duo had already been at the origin of the first opus in 2016. This second version includes 34 new pages in connection with the race disputed four years ago and the upcoming edition.
The texts and certain drawings have been reworked to meet the requirements of specialists.
The neophyte will also find his account there since the adventures of the skippers are told with a real educational concern.
Some drawings (sometimes in double page) of the raging sea where a thousand shades of color mingle are a real feast for the eyes.
Also read “Swiss at sea”, by Jean-Guy Python, Joël Carutti, Grégoire Surdez, Pierre Nusslé (Editions Favre, € 38).
Or how a nation of mountains without access to the sea (but no lakes) can also provide the sailing world with renowned skippers: Bernard Stamm, the Bourgnon brothers, Dona Bertarelli to name a few, and many of course the friendly Alan Roura, at the start of his second Vendée Globe this year.
“Prelude to the Vendée Globe, Views of writers, sailors and researchers”, Editions Gallimard, € 19.90
Prelude to the Vendée Globe
Books abound as the start of the Vendée Globe approaches, but this book stands out, and even one could say water.
“Prelude to the Vendée Globe”, brings together the writings of 12 writers, 19 sailors from around the world and 11 researchers from the Institut Pasteur on themes as varied as “encounters and chance, freedom, solitude and intimacy, risk and safety, adventure , oceans and seas, unknown and travel, temporality, technique and technology, surpassing oneself, challenge and thirst for victory ”.
From Erik Orsenna to Damien Seguin via novelist Claire Castillon, the authors deliver a look that is in turn poetic, philosophical, realistic and ultimately just as moving as it is different.
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“Far from the earth arises the world”, by Fabrice Amedeo, at Plon, 208 pages, € 17
Far from the earth arises the world
A navigator, facing the ocean as well as oneself.
Former journalist for the editorial staff of
Le Figaro
, Fabrice Amedeo (42 years old) chose to leave the profession in 2015 to devote himself to a consuming passion: the sea. In his latest book, beyond sailing races and his profession from a professional skipper, this philosophy, Sciences-Po and ESSEC graduate evokes his love of the open sea, which today leads him far from the mainland and the people who live there.
By completing a first round the world solo and non-stop during the Vendée Globe 2016-2017, Fabrice Amedeo confesses to having fallen into an unknown cosmos.
There he discovered a new relationship to time, and developed an intimate reflection on freedom.
To the point that he does not hesitate to confess that the unconditional love he has for his lovely family - his wife and daughters - is undoubtedly linked to the choice to leave them regularly to sail the oceans.
Have the courage to leave, the better to come back.
A kind of perpetual and loving movement.
Ultra-sensitive sailor, Fabrice Amedeo is an ogre of emotions and sensations.
An authentic explorer of his conscience when he sails around the planet.
“
A race for the planet.
The Vendée Globe alongside science ”, Jean-Pierre Pustienne, Laura Damiola, Editions Zeraq, € 19.90
A race for the planet
A sporting monument, an extraordinary human adventure, the Vendée Globe has also become a formidable laboratory for oceanographic research.
In the hostile and deserted Deep South, where almost no ship dares to venture out the rest of the year, the skippers will be carrying out precious surveys and samples over the next few months using black boxes on board their boats.
A mountain of data
"
field
"
essential that often say much more than the incomplete information from satellite observations.
In an educational book, extremely accessible but also beautifully illustrated, Jean-Pierre Pustienne and Laura Damiola explain how the Vendée Globe and the sailors have become a privileged partner of scientists to work together on the warming and acidification of the oceans and the catastrophic pollution. plastic.
An essential book for understanding the issues surrounding the fragile health of the oceans while reflecting on the world of tomorrow.
A study which also makes it possible to realize that the galaxy of sport, and not only that of maritime racing, will also have its role to play, in one way or another, in the protection of our planet.
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