Missed departure..
Yves le Blévec - the skipper of the black and red trimaran Actual - has set himself an audacious challenge at the end of 2017. On his 31 metre multihull, the yachtsman will be setting out on an upside down round the world voyage against the wind and swell, on all the oceans of the globe, between the 47th North and up to 60 e South.
On stand-by since 15th October 2017, the skipper was in start mode on Sunday 29th October. A weather window had opened for a start this weekend, but the breeze finally dropped off. However, the situation enabled him to project himself as if he was going to set off on this "Crazy sailing."
"Things are going very well, except for a bad cold, but it's over. I'm spending some time studying the weather files with Christian (NDRL: Christian Dumard, router and meteorologist), which allows me to project myself into the upcoming navigation, which is very constructive. Time passes quickly. It was really interesting to get into the starting situation for this Sunday.
It didn't take much: on Friday morning, the weather situation evolved favourably. At every possible starting window, there's a real tension that rises... and then it drops. So we really had to plan very quickly for a 24-hour start. Eventually, the window closed a few hours later. The descent to the equator would have been very slow. There's no wind at all." explains Yves le Blévec.
Ready to go
The sailor is now more than ready to go, as he explains. "Everything is, of course, loaded on board, my bag is ready. These last few hours have been an excellent situational exercise. We went through every detail. We checked off every line on our job list.
The team did an excellent job. They've been super efficient. I thank them very much. And, above all, it was done in a very good atmosphere. I like to show that you can do a very good job and still keep a smile and a sense of humor. It's a great achievement, a big thank you to them!"
From this Monday, the team will continue with the final checks on the electronics and communication tools... And the weather study will take centre stage again as a new weather window should appear at the end of the week.
