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François Gabart and Francis Joyon are expected in Pointe-à-Pitre this Sunday at the end of the day. In which order ? Advantage to Gabart but the suspense remains.
In Pointe-à-Pitre,
The most beautiful transatlantic will be entitled to a nice outcome for his 40 years. Perhaps not as mythical as that of 1978 and the famous "98 seconds for eternity" between Mike Birch and Michel Malinovsky. But it will certainly be worth a look. After the first difficult days, marked by dantesque weather conditions and cascading damage, especially among the Ultimate, the Route du rum will propose an exciting arrival this Sunday with a tasty duel between François Gabart and Francis Joyon. Solid leader since Monday, the skipper of Macif saw his good lead melting at the approach of the West Indian arc. At 2:45 am French time Sunday, Idec Sport was no more than 78 miles from the blue-white-yellow maxi-trimaran and was going six knots faster. François Gabart he spared his horse before embarking on the perilous tour of the island? Possible. Meanwhile, the "Menhir Locmariaquer", 62 years, will do everything to play a dirty trick to his younger (35 years) during the tour of the island, a real justice of the peace of the 11th edition.
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Saturday, Joyon confessed "Shoot like crazy" on his boat, winner of the last two editions of the Rum with Franck Cammas (2010) and Loïck Peyron (2014) at his helm. To hope to offer him a 3e crown, it will have to arrive at Tête à l'Anglais, an island north of Bbade-Terre, with less than 100 miles behind (about 3 hours). And count on the devents, the Sargbadum rafts and the delicate bottle-shaped rum buoy to complicate the task of an expected Gabart in the north of the island between 11:00 and 13:00 local time (and 5 to 6 hours later on the finish line). All in erratic weather conditions, between grains and torrents of water, flat calm and squalls. What will begin the awesome zenitude of Gabart? It remains to be seen.
Idec Sport boss blown away by Joyon
Even if he could not put his young competitor on the pole, Joyon could be proud of his 7th rum, which was not expected at such a party until the woes of the new flying boats (Edmond de Rothshild , Banque Populaire IX). "Seeing Francis still in the fight for victory in the last hours of the race, it's fabulous, savored Patrice Lafargue, President of Idec Sport. I knew he was motivated but I was a little worried about the competition of last generation boats. And in front of the talent of Gabart, his 35 years and his very successful boat, Francis is in the game. At 62, it's amazing. I wonder how far he will go. " At Pointe-à-Pitre, everyone was asking the same question as the verdict approached.
1978-2018: 40 years of rum and drunkenness
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