Bernard Deguy has sailed with the greatest names - Éric Tabarly and Jacques-Yves Cousteau in command of the Alcyone -, has taken part in two Whitbreads (now Volvo Ocean Race), first on the first edition in 1973 with Tabarly aboard Penduick, then on the second edition aboard Neptune, a legendary race boat, and has crossed the Atlantic 32 times... An experience that makes you dream and yet at 79 years old, he continues to live his dreams!
A year ago, he discovered the Loxo - the first motor boat from the Structures shipyard - and decided to embark on a special adventure: to follow the Viking Road . An adventure that he is now carrying out, covering 2,000 miles aboard a motorboat that reminds him of a sailboat "economical, Spartan and safe to travel." Setting out from Sweden (Gothenburg, headquarters of Volvo Penta, partner of the event) at the beginning of May, he will reach Southern Brittany in June by taking the "route" that the great Scandinavian sailors took at the time.
"I wanted to follow this Road because I was passionate about the Vikings. They were the first ones who really sailed in Europe. They were also traders. They weren't there to fight in the war, they were there to discover, to do business..."
Whoever is fortunate enough to have lived in a time when there was a lot of freedom in the way of life today is fulfilling a new dream. A dream of navigation that he explains with emotion, with wisdom in this short video that I invite you to discover. A nice sailor's portrait!
