“For me, the important part of the world tour is when you cross this famous antemeridian. Until then, your position increased in the East and there, at 180 °, the counting reverses, like a countdown. You did half of the Earth and the more you go the more you’re getting close to the Europe latitude.
Yesterday I had an amazing day. I didn’t have such a day for a long time: sun, blue sky, 22 knots of wind… I inspected the boat from the A to Z, from back to front, I checked the drivers, the connections.”