Excellent news for Armel Le Cléac'h and his entire team.
The Maxi Banque Populaire XI, under repair at the port of Lorient since Thursday evening, will find its way to the sea around noon, announced its team.
The trimaran of the "Chacal" had been the victim, on Thursday, of a broken daggerboard, forcing it to stop.
Now 8th and last in the Ultim category, the 45-year-old skipper has lost all chance of winning the 12th edition of the transatlantic by being relegated more than 1,000 miles from the leader, Charles Caudrelier, but he wants to reach Guadeloupe after two failures in 2014 and 2018.
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Eight years ago, he was unable to start due to a hand injury.
In 2018, his boat capsized after colliding with an unidentified object.
