Interview / Sam Goodchild and Loïs Berrehar, 10 surprise questions for an offbeat video


Sam Goodchild and Loïs Berrehar are sailing as a duo on the IMOCA Macif. At the start of the Transat Café L'Or 2025, we went to ask them some nautical questions (but not only) about their commitment to sailing. A (slightly) offbeat interview...

The duo of Sam Goodchild and Loïs Berrehar for the Transat Café l'Or demonstrates a beautiful complicity. Sam Goodchild replaces Charlie Dalin (for health reasons) at the helm of the IMOCA Macif, which has just won the Vendée Globe 2024/25. Alongside him, Loïs Berrehar, a member of the Skipper Macif team for the 2022-2024 seasons, has joined him as co-skipper for this transatlantic race.

The two experienced sailors benefit from all the power of the Macif team and the expertise of the sailor who has twice carried the insurer's colors to the brink of victory in the round-the-world race.

The interview is designed to be offbeat, with questions on daily life at sea, the pleasure of taking the helm and the little quirks of each person at sea. In this interview, we discover a duo who don't hesitate to take the opposite tack, with no shortage of panache or punch. And there's talk of a glass of rum on arrival...

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