Five metre high seas, over 40 knots in gusts - weather forecasts are not always accurate. And presumably all 32 soloists who had to sail through the first stormy cold front of this year's Vendée Globe would have been grateful for a downward deviation. But it turned out as predicted. And the damage balance sheet is sad proof of this.
Boris Herrmann on his "Seaexporer - Yacht Club de Monaco" passed the first real endurance test of the race in the autumnal North Atlantic comparatively well. Apart from the sheet of his genoa 3 (called "J3" in Imoca jargon) and the operating line of a halyard lock for the backstay, everything remained intact.
This afternoon, with the wind clearly dying down after the front, he got round to answering the questions that reached us via Instagram. Here are the questions, including the voice files with Boris' answers.
Sailor_1.0 asks:
What does the daily routine look like - or does it even exist?
Saandy.cc:
Doesn't the box sometimes seem "too" fast to you?
felix_brauckmann would like to know:
How often do you shower?
Pumbasoetebier asks:
What is your tactical plan for the next 12-24 hours?
Click on the "play button" to hear the answers
Fly 245:
Has anything broken on the boat yet?
crk0405:
Are you satisfied so far?
Janne 346:
How many hours of sleep have you had so far?
Marcel.rist:
Don't you ever get bored in between?
Sebi1987:
When will you take the lead again?
We added one more question this morning: How the 39-year-old assesses the broken rudder on board Jérémie Beyou's "Charal":
Jochen Rieker
Herausgeber YACHT
