One more damage. And too much. The company Corum L'Epagne, which had launched its sailing project with great fanfare in a Parisian cabaret in 2020, has decided to withdraw a few months before the next Vendée Globe. The last straw, it is the case to say, was a new galley, a dismasting of the monohull Imoca, just four days ago during the Azimut Challenge. A huge disappointment for its skipper, Nicolas Troussel, and a big surprise since major work had been done for six months to try to finally make competitive, and reliable, this boat not very well born, which has chained the galleys since its launch (dismasting during its first Vendée Globe in 2020, hull and keel bottom problem and especially lack of performance).
The double winner of the Solitaire du Figaro, who was to line up at the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre in double on October 29 in Le Havre, did not hide his disappointment: It is "a hard moment and full of emotion (...) To stop the project like that, it makes sense for them, but not for me. But I respect their decision," he told L'Equipe, saying he still wants to compete in the 2024 Vendée Globe. For this, he would have to be able to buy his boat and find a sponsor quickly. The mission is complicated but not totally impossible for a talented sailor like him...
