Initially one of the big favorites of this non-stop solo round-the-world tour, the 44-year-old French sailor, three-time winner of the Solitaire du Figaro, had crashed into an ofni (unidentified floating object) off the Spanish coast three days later. departure.
Jérémie Beyou (Charal) arrived in Les Sables d'Olonne on Saturday morning where he finished 13th in the Vendée Globe after setting out again in the solo round the world race nine days late to repair his boat following a succession of damage.
"The boat crossed the finish line at 9 h 15 min 58 sec surrounded by many semi-rigid, that is 89 days 18h and 55 min of race and 80 days 16 hours and 05 min since its second departure from Les Sables d'Olonne . The gap with the winner Yannick Bestaven is 9 days 15 hours and 11 minutes ", announced the organization of the race.
The 44-year-old skipper, one of the favorites of the race, had to return to Les Sables d'Olonne after hitting an ofni (unidentified floating object) off the Spanish coast.
"Big victory over myself"
"I'm super proud of what I did in the end, it's sport anyway, it's racing, it's sailing, it can happen, that's for sure that in sport you should never give up even if the scenarios are not what you expected, it is not the Vendée Globe that I expected but it is so beautiful to have arrived at the end that it was worth it, "said the skipper who was taking part in his 4th Vendée Globe in the video of his arrival broadcast live.
"I was there for the win by sometimes forgetting the human notion, the notion of pleasure, the notion of sharing because I had the feeling that we could not do everything at the same time but there I discovered that it was possible (…) To get to the end of this anguish of thinking that I was not going to win the race, it seemed impossible to me and then I got there, it was a big victory over myself ", did he added, saying he was ready to "go back".