Engaged in the Vendée Globe with The fabric, his “foiling” monohull, Alan Roura is currently 15e in the general classification. During his “free time” on board, the 27-year-old Swiss, who is racing his second solo round-the-world sailing (he had finished 12e in 2016-2017), finds the time to write and, above all, to draw.
“Two out of three capes! If Good Hope had been desired, Leeuwin would have been deserved … What a crappy Indian Ocean!
I never stopped fighting between strong gusts of wind and areas of calm (soft winds), to escape from the group behind to finally see them, each time, coming back towards me. It is infuriating.
Even my old boat, Superbigou, is catching up with me. Quickly, I must resume the advance, heading for the Pacific Ocean and Cape Horn in sight.
I need WIND, otherwise I’m dead… Come on, let’s believe it, heading east! “
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