It is the story of an endearing sailor.
A sort of Tintin of the oceans, blond hair, tongue without antlers, frank eyes.
A 47-year-old sailor providing the link between old-fashioned sailors, trained on the job, and those of the younger generation, chief engineers and top physical training.
Unique ultimately Yann Eliès.
Less known to the general public than the stars of the pontoon boats, he nevertheless shone and won the Solitaire du Figaro three times (2012, 2013, 2019), like Philippe Poupon, Michel Desjoyeaux, Jérémie Beyou and a certain Jean Le Cam.
And this Sunday, he re-embarks aboard a Figaro Bénéteau 3 foiling to try to seduce the double-handed Transat Concarneau-Saint-Barthélemy, which he refuses.
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Two attempts, two failures (7th in 2000 with Ronan Guérin, 19th in 2010 with Jérémie Beyou).
And a third departure to “
exorcise these failures
”, with a young person who, like him, must “
kill his father
”.
Martin Le Pape is none other than Christian's son, really Pope of the training center
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