Vendée Globe 2008-09

[mario147]

Pobre Stamm. El hombre lo debe estar pasando mal...

"Since the start, I've been trying to find reasons to do the race. That is quite normal, as I have had to put up with two calm zones since Les Sables. Nothing goes as planned, but I couldn't have imagined this sort of scenario. This is a universe I wouldn't have signed up for, if someone had offered it to me.

I'm a bit like a spectator in this race that I have worked so hard to prepare with all my team for months and even years. So there was one question that kept popping up. What's the use? It seems almost impossible to try to get back up with the leaders, unless there is a series of weather complications, which would favour the tail-enders, and that's like playing the lottery.

But that does not mean it's impossible. If I hadn't given it a go, it would have stayed with me for a very long time, so that's why I had to do it. At the moment, I'm under spinnaker and full mainsail with between 15 and 20 knots. Cheminées Poujoulat is gliding downwind with seas that are just crossed enough to make it a bit tougher. That's why it was worth it."

Traducción rápida: "Me pregunto que c... hago aqui"

Espero que los buenos vientos le empujen