But there is also always the equation ‘the faster you go, the more stress and pain there is but the faster you get home.’ And right now that is a big part of what is driving the sailors out on the Vendée Globe race course…
That is what occupies the mind of Jean Le Cam (Tout Commence en Finistère – Armor-lux, 20th), “There are between 30 and 38 knots, it is not very comfortable. What’s to come? I lie down on my bunk, I close my ears, and I let time pass! When you sleep, at least you do not think, there is not much to do. I hit a peak at 28 knots, that is big. I do not have a J2, but for those who have a J2, it must have been even more horrible!”
While Le Cam might appear more relaxed because of his experience, Damien Seguin (Groupe APICIL, 15th) is just flying, making 446 miles 24 hours. After a small strategic hitch to the North, the Paralympic champion is now set up for the incoming front which will push him into the Bay of Biscay, pushed by Benjamin Ferré (Monnoyeur – Duo for a Job, 16th), Alan Roura (Hublot, 17th) and Tanguy Le Turquais (Lazare, 18th) all pushing on his heels.
Italy’s Giancarlo Pedote (Prysmian, 22nd) is seeing the peloton escape ahead of him but his fragile rudder system is not up to the chase,
