Alessandro Di Benedetto is currently in a situation that is quite similar to what KarenLeibovici had experienced in the 2004-2005 Vendée Globe. As the thirteenth and last skipper to make it to Les Sables d’Olonne on March 13, 2005, the La Rochelle-based female skipper had sailed around the world in 126d08h02’20’’, 39 days more than race winner Vincent Riou and one day after Raphaël Dinelli, ranked twelfth.
