Meeting skipper Yannick BESTAVEN after his retirement from the 2008 Vendée Globe, his monohull dismasted 30 hours after the start of the competition. He explains that he has begun to repair his boat and that he is having trouble digesting his failure. He started new projects with his cooperative "quai 17" with which he developed a renewable energy sector for the general public.
Aboard his monohull "Maître Coq", the Rochelais skipper Yannick BESTAVEN, trains with his team before heading to the Vendée Globe. His new boat is equipped with foils, these appendages that make sailboats glide.
Yannick BESTAVEN, 26, is interviewed aboard his boat. He is preparing for the mini solo transat between Concarneau and Guadeloupe which will take place on 26 September 1999. With his friend and future competitor, Arnaud BOISSIERE, they leave for the qualifying route to the port of Gijon. Interview with Pierre SIMON, sports director of the Aquitaine training centre, about his role as a sailing coach.
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