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The end of four days with my partner Fortinet’s customers and staff We took advantage of our stopover in New York to introduce our sport and the IMOCA Fortinet – Best Western to the teams and customers on the home turf of my American-based partner! The program included four days of sailing in New York […]

After 13 days of convoying, numerous frontal passages and a beautiful storm on the last night, the IMOCA Fortinet – Best Western arrived in New York! A night-time arrival, in front of the Manhattan skyline, so the spectacle was grandiose! The crossing wasn’t all plain sailing, with weather conditions at times rough, but in the […]

Do you see nerve as a quality or a flaw? For me, nerve is a quality, especially as you need a certain amount of it to set up a Vendée Globe project. “Forget that you haven’t got a chance, just go for it. You never know when a misunderstanding might come up”, a mythical phrase […]

Valentin Walle, from all-rounder to master electrologist on the IMOCA Fortinet – Best Western. If you come across one of our preparers with a headlamp on, chances are it’s Valentin. He never takes it off, even during his lunch break. Valentin is one of those people who can do everything with his hands. As proof, […]

What’s special about my partner club? Many of them are based in the beautiful region of Maine et Loire. Yesterday, I set out to meet my partners in Anjou, in particular the ICI group, specialists in image, communication and printing. In the digital age, their company continues to innovate and deploy new printing solutions – […]

The IMOCA Fortinet – Best Western has come to the end of her refit, and was relaunched yesterday after four months of work, checks and optimizations. The launch is always a special moment, with many delicate maneuvers: installing the foils, lifting the boat, fitting the keel, launching and masting. Fortunately, everything went off without a […]

With just a few days to go before the launch, I wanted to highlight the incredible work carried out by my entire team to repair, make reliable, polish and pamper my boat Behind a winter boatyard lie many hours of work, in the dust or contorted in funny positions, countless screws, plugged and unplugged cables, […]

Laure Lunven, the project’s press officer, and a key figure in the world of sailing. Imagine, she was roommates with François Gabart… before he became François Gabart! She literally knows everyone in the business. And with good reason: Laure has been sailing since she was 8 years old, starting out in an optimist, then a […]

Evan Panard! Our rigging manager, the king of strings, who’s been at my side since I took over the IMOCA Fortinet – Best Western. One of the pillars of the team, he’s so precise and meticulous that we easily forget he’s only 24 years old…. Yes, he’s the youngest of the bunch! Several months ago, […]