Louis Burton, aboard Bureau Vallée 2 -

Vincent Olivaud

Tuesday, December 8 newspaper

Louis Burton in DIY mode in the South

Louis Burton's experience as runner-up (Bureau Vallée 2) in the Vendée Globe did not last very long.

Topped off the podium 24 hours after being only 150 miles behind leader Charlie Dalin (Apivia), the Malouin headed south in a windless area to repair her sails for the storm to come.

He therefore loses a lot of speed and ground on the competition, but hopes that his choice will pay off later.

For the moment, he remains at the forefront, but beware: his fourth place is already threatened by the return of the Jean Le Cam rocket, which has taken back its place in the top 5. Strong, the old one.

The classification at 9 a.m.

1) Charlie Dalin (Apivia)

2) Thomas Rettant (LinkedOut)

3) Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq IV)

4) Louis Burton (Office Vallée 2)

5) Jean Le Cam (Yes We Cam!)

45 knots and vertical rain

That's it.

The depression takes over the fleet at the rear of the leading pack.

Damien Seguin (Groupe Apicil), current 7th in the race, is not at the end of his troubles.

In addition to an autopilot bug that caused him to take an unlikely course, he is faced with a rough sea.

“We have 45 knots and horizontal rain.

"A diagnosis confirmed by Maxime Sorel (V and B-Mayenne):" I have never seen a sea like this, it is stoned, it's very hard to move forward, it hits, the boat overspeed on surf at 29 knots but if you're too slow, the waves catch up with you and explode on the transom, that's rubbish.

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Jérémie Beyou soon no longer a red lantern

It is a cape in the cape.

The skipper on Charal is living his last hours as a red lantern in the Vendée Globe on the road to the Cape of Good Hope.

The penultimate, Sébastien Destremau, may well resist, he is no match for the boat and the talent of the triple winner of the Figaro solitaire, just 130 miles at 9am.

If he goes fast, he does not forget where he (re) comes from and exercises caution in order to preserve his boat before the deep South.

“I really try to take care of the boat, to do day to day things, to be focused on the ride and to avoid looking too far ahead,” he says.

The situation is really changing, especially at the Cape of Good Hope.

I avoid projecting myself too much and I would like to join the group in front.

Psychologically and in terms of safety, that would be good.

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A little poetry with Armel Tripon, live from Bonne-Espérance

“A first page is turned on board my boat.

I leave in my wake an ocean traveled from North to South, that is, 28 days of racing.

28 days and nights to defend my skin dearly to play the best with technical and meteorological hazards.

The North Atlantic did not spare me, this old accomplice of twenty transats, from whom I thought I would learn nothing more!

I much preferred his neighbor to the south, more affable and warm.

I will remember this long slide towards the Cape of Good Hope, to tumble down all day and night, Wagnerian cavalcade, sound and resounding, where L'Occitane en Provence had a fusional relationship with the sea and the wind.

" Beautiful.

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