Vendée Globe: after its capsize, Philippe Poupon rescued by Loick Peyron

Vendée Globe: after its capsize, Philippe Poupon rescued by Loick Peyron

Forty hours after activating his distress beacons, Philippe Poupon, one of the Vendée Globe competitors, was spotted yesterday by the South African aviation at 1,500 miles off the Cape, and his boat was rescued yesterday in the late afternoon, with the help of Loick Peyron. Philippe Poupon has been downgraded for external assistance, but he could continue this non-stop solo round the world race. Archive of an interview with Philippe POUPON before the start of the race, in which he recalled that the riders were the first "to be interested in safety, to develop systems, a small regulation more elaborate than that of maritime affairs"... Illustration with images of the Vendée Globe race computer and archive images of the race.

01

 

min

 

13

 

sec

File : Shipwrecks of the Vendée Globe

Publication date : 30 December 1989