A great discovery.
Its inaugural premiere when it would be well placed in the category of “those who are part of the furniture”.
Surprisingly, therefore, Charlie Dalin will take the start of his first Route du rhum solo this Sunday on his monohull Imoca
Apivia,
after four editions experienced in teams as a preparer for the Englishman Nick Bubb (2006), engineer-performer of Armel Le Cléac'h (2010), router ashore (2014), then substitute skipper for Yann Eliès (2018).
"I can't wait, I had to wait until I was 38,"
laughs the sailor, whose oldest memories date back to Laurent Bourgnon and his first victory, in 1994. Le Havrais was 10 years old and a sharp pencil .
"I traced his boat in sailing magazines and redesigned it."
Twenty-eight years later, it is he who makes the youngest vibrate and attacks this monument which
"makes him dream"
as a great favorite.
With one hundred percent success in the pre-season races, difficult it is true…
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