In a video recorded during the night, Kevin Escoffier recounts the passage of Cap Finisterre of
Banque Populaire XI
on the Transat Jacques Vabre.
“
Cap Finisterre atmosphere.
There is 25 knots of wind, it's working well.
We must do it quietly, there is still plenty of road to return to our little friends
"
,
told the shipwrecked the last Vendée Globe.
“
We're jibing (jibe) in 5 minutes.
And we just typed a little something.
We will look later.
We were at 35 knots, it does not seem to be very serious, it happens.
There will be others,
”adds the co-skipper of Armel Le Cléac'h.
Banque Populaire XI
, launched this year and in search of reliability, is currently fifth and last among the Ultim offshore Portugal, 57 miles from leader
Edmond de Rothschild
(Cammas-Caudrelier).