There are striking weather concordances, on day eight, on this Vendée Globe. When Jérémie Beyou (Charal) announced, at 4 p.m., that he would return to the sea Tuesday, November 17 from Les Sables-d'olonne (Vendée), after having repaired, his finisterian comrade Nicolas Troussel, he, was driving to the Port of Mindelo, Cape Verde, broken mast. Beyou has only one goal to put under his tooth : to break the record of the event.
In the monochrome depths of the Atlantic, in the northwest of the Cape Verde archipelago, Corum-L'epargne, Nicolas Troussel's foiler (monohull equipped with foils, these appendages allowing the boat to almost fly above the water), dismantled in the night of Sunday to Monday while it was in 7th position, in the trade winds and on its way to the pot au noir."I was quietly in the bannette when I heard a big noise outside. I went out, there was no mast. This is the end of this Vendée Globe 2020 adventure. ( ... ) It will be necessary to return. It's a lot of investment, a lot of sacrifice, " the sailor said.
All abandonment is experienced as punishment
This first drop-off strikes with the personality of the one who had put himself in the lead, like the majority of foilers skippers, "to finish": "in this case, I can even hope for an honorable ranking," he said.
All abandonment is experienced as punishment. Ruin. All the consolations that come from the Earth only emphasize the overwhelming. Nicolas Troussel, 4