Par Gilles Festor
Published 5 minutes ago, Updated 5 minutes ago
Armel Le Cléac’h. ALEXIS COURCOUX/Arkea Ultim Challenge
Buoyed by his victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre, the Breton wants to make a big splash in the round-the-world race.
I love you, too. Serge Gainsbourg’s title could have been the soundtrack to the life of Armel Le Cléac’h in the Ultim category. A passionate story, made of success but also of disillusionment which could have led to the definitive break between him and these giant trimarans on November 6, 2018. That day, Banque Populaire IX capsizes northeast of the Azores in the middle of the Rum Route. Taking refuge in the survival cell, the Breton is safe and sound, but his boat is to be scrapped, destroyed after spending seventeen days at sea. Ten million euros gone up in smoke.
It’s time for doubts. “I asked myself questions about my responsibility, he admits. Had I used it wrong? There had been a capsize a few months before (in April, off the Marco, but the boat was able to be repaired, Editor’s note) where I had my share of responsibility, so twice the same stupidity, perhaps we should think about doing something else… It turned out that it was a…
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