903 days to digest, rebuild, then take off again.
On November 8, 2018, the Ultim
Banque Populaire IX
was torn off the Azores, its port float sprayed by an impact with an ofni (unidentified floating object).
Recovered safe and sound by a fishing boat, Armel Le Cléac'h will not win the Route du rhum.
This is nothing compared to the loss of her brand new maxi-trimaran (launched in 2017) reduced to the rank of wreck, recovered but irreparable.
Two and a half years later, the Breton skipper takes off again at the helm of
Banque Populaire XI
, an equally tall little brother (32 m long, 23 wide) about to discover the liquid element, this Tuesday at Lorient.
To read also:
A season of Figaro - Martin Le Pape: "I took slaps in the face"
“
Impatient
” to set sail after such a long wait, the Breton skipper is above all happy to be able to reconnect with his dream: to set off around the world on one of these “
fabulous
flying
machines
”.
“
After the rum accident, my partner could have decided that the story would end there, he who won everything
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 83% left to discover.
Subscribe: 1 € the first month
Can be canceled at any time
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Log in
