The sea is not big enough. Why did Kito de Pavant, who has just given up the Vendée Globe for the third time, choose this title? You have to wait until the very end of his book to understand this choice: Kito discovers what caused his accident. One month after making landfall, two months after having to abandon his sailboat, he finds on the videos saved from the shore that he hit a sperm whale.
The sea is not big enough, for him as for this animal..
This book is a hybrid between the photo book and the written logbook. It is divided into four parts. The preparation of the Vendée Globe with the search for a sponsor, the disappointment about the condition of the boat bought from Hugo Boss' team and the race after the time to be ready for the start.
Then comes the start of the race and the story of the adventure day by day as Kito descends the Atlantic until he passes the Cape of Good Hope. Then comes the accident. The one that ruins all hope. Kito tells it as he experienced it as a great sailor before being rescued by the cargo ship Marion Dufresne.
Kito then finds himself a stowaway on this freighter and travels with him through the Islands of Desolation for a month. He tells us about his discoveries and human encounters on board and on the islands. This part of the book is illustrated by Hippolyte, an illustrator on board the cargo ship.
Finally come the testimonies of friends, relatives, sponsors who gravitate in the constellation of Kito. The messages are poignant. And if we don't know it yet, we discover that Kito is above all an extraordinary personality who knows how to federate around him like a head of family: trainer and protector.
The publisher has chosen to place QR Codes that refer to videos or pieces of music listened to by Kito throughout the start of his Vendée Globe. A good idea that does not polish the text and offers an extension to the book.
Involuntarily, this book paints a portrait of the 55-year-old sailor who, although he has not yet toured the world, has certainly not finished shutting up!
The sea is not big enough - Kit de Pavant
- Éditions Privat
- 24 x 17 cm
- 272 pages
- 26,00 €
