Jean-Pierre Dick ankrad
Jean-Pierre Dick ligger ankrad i norra Spanien och väntar på bättre väder för att kunna ta sig i mål i Les Sables d’Olonne. Hur cool är det!? Det här racet är helt fullt av otroliga historier.
Le grand bleu de "Jipé" Dick – Partie I by VendeeGlobeTV
It is terrible weather in Les Sables d’Olonne. The storm that was forecast and causing Jean-Pierre Dick (Virbac Paprec 3) to decide to seek shelter on a buoy in Galicia, Spain has arrived. There is rain and strong gusts. This winter wind does not prevent onlookers wandering around the race village, in Port Olona, to visit the first three boats of the Vendée Globe. Now, they await a fourth; a blue boat without a keel.
Since his arrival yesterday (Thursday) at 5:30 at the port of San Ciprián, the skipper of Virbac-Paprec 3 has not been tapping his feet. He has swung the boat 180 degrees around on it’s mooring, dived beneath to check the damage and also to affix his line so the boat is more secure. “It’s impressive,” he told us this morning, talking about the damage beneath. He’s food supplies are low. Today, he enjoyed some pureed vegetable. Yesterday, bloggers, journalists and Spanish TV show all come to stare at the boat. Jean Pick has made a sign saying ‘do not touch the boat’. He sits in a situation that is part prison, part zoo. But having rested and undertaken his boat husbandry, and completed some jobs on the jobslist he is ready to leave at daybreak on Sunday. The wind around the Spanish coast is not very co-operative, with light airs at first before there is a westerly flow, which will fill his sails and project him back to Les Sables d’Olonne.
