In Sables d'Olonne
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It had been two days since I was at the bottom of the box so as not to miss the tide.
“Getting closer to the Vendée Globe podium was not Jean Le Cam's main source of motivation to reach Les Sables d'Olonne as quickly as possible.
The Finistérien hoped above all to be able to bring his monohull - 4.50 meters of draft - into the channel before the sea recedes too much.
And thus afford a pretty daytime parade, like Boris Herrmann, Damien Seguin and Giancarlo Pedote before him.
In the bonus game, the “King” Jean finally overtook all these little people in the classification of this 9th edition of the round the world to finish in a 4th place which he calls “
that of the con
»But simply magnificent.
On the line at 8:19 pm, the oldest of the race (61 years old) still returned under the full moon.
Whatever, the night always lends itself better to drunkenness.
And many of them waited for the sea to rise and braved the curfew to party with him.
To read also: Jean Le Cam, magnificent 4th in the Vendée Globe: ““ I have known the unbearable ”
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