it sounds very pompous, basically anything that, in any case is another story worth mentioning.
The year was 1989 when he kicked off the first race around the world solo non-stop or assistance, Vendée Globe.
Breton Philippe Poupon participated aboard the "Fleury Michon X" boat at the last minute he had changed gear, transforming it from sloop to ketch. That is, they had replaced a single mast rig by rig two sticks, incorporating a mizzen mast and trim the height of the mainmast, with aim of spreading the sail plan and get the sails of a more manageable size for one person.
unseemly haste in the work led to error in the calculation of ship stability, so that did not change the ballast keel. On 28 December at 11am, the transmission of the new positions of the day indicates that "Fleury Michon X", which sailed into second place, advanced just 1.5 knots of boat showing a remote location from its normal path. At 11h 50
distress beacon emits Sarsat. Confirmation manual trigger Argos at 12 o'clock 50 reassuring in central control of the organization of the regatta.
A C130 Hercules, chartered by the sponsor Poupon, flying over the area and discover the "Fleury Michon X" lying on its side, sticks in the water, and the skipper straddling the hull.
In the area of \u200b\u200ba great surf roaring forties at night, knocked the boat, but this did not recover. Philou
The scare must be Morrocotudo, but he was calm as he realized the problem. The weight of the new rig, with its candles, did not allow the self-righting boat with the ballast of the keel and recover from a list of more than 90 º. So I decided cut the rigging of the mizzen mast to get rid of him. The work should not be easy in the dark, the boat lay, waves and wind ... Fortunately the conditions were improving, but at sunrise, once he got to loose the mizzen, righting the ship could not crossed the wind. Poupon
was then, seeing that he could not solve alone, activated distress beacons.
Alerted by the organizers when there was no news Poupon, Loïck Peyron, who was the nearest participating after him, he swerves to come to the aid of "Philou.
December 29, 10h 30, Loïck Peyron on his "Lada Poch III" helmet lying sighting, but no sign of the skipper. Get in touch via VHF and plan a move that could get the boat upright.
Although conditions had calmed down, the move was not easy. Peyron could not use the engine, only with more greens, make, in the third pass, take a rope thrown by Poupon from his bow and tow it to guide you and head to wind, when the "Fleury Michon X" finally is upright, with the attendant cries of joy from both. Something like a Snipe desvolcar 18 meters in the ocean. Having
received foreign aid, Poupon was out of this edition of the Vendée Globe. Once satisfied that everything was in order, Peyron not only continued the race, but after a fierce persecution of the first, along the Atlantic, Loïck Peyron was second to Les Sables d'Olonne and nearly beat Titouan Lamazou thanks to the bonus that the organization was granted to compensate for the lost time in going to help Philou.
This rescue would be the first great history of the Vendée Globe. The legend had begun ...
Poupon and Peyron In the following video of Loïck Peyron, during this first edition, we see a young Peyron in a time when sailors could still allow some "luxuries." We also have changed the Open 60, with fixed keel, narrower than the existing and rather slow, in which symmetrical spinnakers were still being used with outriggers. But mostly we see the move of help from the camera's onboard Lada Poch III "
For the second edition of the Vendée Globe, Philippe Poupon again participated on the" Fleury Michon X ", but revised : rig relieved and again, the mizzen mast removed and the ballast changed.
Poor sea conditions at the beginning of the race, causing a leak that forced Philippe Poupon to return to Les Sables d'Olonne to repair. Sailed again with 5 days late on the first, starting the chase. Get back to stick to the squad midway and reach the second position.
On the eve of the arrival of Alain Gautier to Les Sables d'Olonne as the winner, Philippe Poupon dismasted in the latitude of Gibraltar, coming up across the Atlantic. Under fortune gear gets to the goal but Jean-Luc Van Den Heede had taken the second position.
Although this is another story, indicates that these people are made the pasta y otra que la Vendee Globe es difícil real thought.
Seis primero Clasificados de la Ediciones 1989-1990
1 - Titouan Lamazou (From, Ecureuil d'Aquitaine II): 109j8h48'50''
2 - Loïck Peyron (From, Lada Poch): 110j01h18'06 ' '
3 - Jean-Luc Van den Heede (From, 36.15 CET): 112j01h14'00''
4 - Philippe Jeantot (From, Crédit Agricole IV): 113j23h47'47''
5 - Pierre Follenfant (From, TBS- Charente Maritime): 114j21h09'06''
6 - Alain Gautier (From, Generali Concorde): 132j13h01'48''
Eliminados:
- Patrice Carpentier (Off)-rotura del piloto automatico
- Mike Plant (U.S.)-received support in southern NZ
Retired:
*- Philippe Poupon (Fra, Fleury Michon X) Withdrawn by turnaround.
- Bertie Reed (South Africa) -
rudder failure - Jean-Yves Terlain (Fra) - lost the mast
- Guy Bernardin (U.S.) - for toothache
top six in the 1992-1993 edition
1 - Alain Gautier (Fra, baggage Superior):''110d02h22'35
2 - Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (Fra, Groupe Sofap-Helvim):''116d15h01'11
3 - Philippe Poupon (Fra, Fleury Michon X):''117d03h34'24
4 - Yves Parlier (Fra, Cacolac d'Aquitaine):''125d02h42'24
5 - Nandor Fa (Hungary, K & H Banque Matav):''128d16h05'04
6 - José Luis Ugarte (Spain, Euskadi 93 Europ BBK): 134d05h04'00 ' '
Removed:
- Bernard Gallay (Sui)-two stops because of problems with the pilot and rigging
Retired: *-
Loïck Peyron (Fra, Fujicolor III) Retired due to delamination of the hull.
- Vittorio Malingri (Ita) - loss of rudder
- Bertrand de Broc (Fra) - problems with the keel.
- Alan Wynne-Thomas (GB) - medical problems.
- Thierry Arnaud (Fra) - lack of preparation.
Missing:
- Nigel Burgess (GB) - found drowned in the Bay of Biscay
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