Transat Jacques Vabre.Amélie Grassi: "My sister will wait for me ten days!»»
It was a smiling and energy -fired Amélie that took the time to take stock of "SA" Transat Jacques Vabre.The navigator, who arrives from the mini-transat, teams up with Marie Riou.An unprecedented duo who discovered the test for the first time.In the fight for the Top 10, they have managed to get out of the game so far, with their brand new boat from the organic baker.
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Amélie, how is this first deckchair Jacques Vabre going so far?
Very good !On board, we enjoy.At first, since it was a first, we didn't know the boat well and we couldn't go very quickly.We were suffering to make strategic decisions.Little by little, we found the speed of the boat and it becomes funny to think about our positioning so we laugh well, it's great.
Does the boat meet your expectations?
Downright !He's so cool.He behaves very well.To the bearer or upwind, in wind as a rule, we are satisfied.We fell the mast compared to the old boat and it seems to be a good balance.It’s a treat to bar.We spend all day at the helm to move it faster.Compared to the others, we seem to advance properly so it is that it meets the specifications.
How does your discovery go from each other so far?
It goes well.Beyond never having made a regatta together, we did not know each other at all.It's funny, it's a hell of a human story to go for three weeks with someone we don't know.We discover each other every day and it goes well, we laugh well.There is a good atmosphere, it is natural between us.It's nice to get to know each other, it's nice.
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The race has been very slow so far.How is it going at your food, water or energy reserves?
For energy, since we did not know the boat and our consumption, we inquired in relation to the others and we took 20 liters in addition so we are rather wide.We will be able to recharge our batteries until arrival, especially since the solar panel will soon be able to work a little.It was a bit soft in the sunshine level, we hope it will change.Regarding water, it's a bit infinite, because we have the desalinizer system so we produce our water daily.For food, we had taken 19 days of food, which is not enough.But seeing that it was going to hang out at the start, we swung a dozen more bulk meals in our bag.And we have embarked a huge stock of crumb bread from the organic baker (laughs).We do lots of sandwiches for lunch with that, which allows us to save meals to be sure we need everything we need.
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And as for your family who joins you on arrival, logistics should not be obvious ...
It is very funny.My sister arrived yesterday.She said to herself: "Oh I'm going to arrive a few days before you like that, I can enjoy it a little before we are together".She will have ten days to enjoy well before I arrive (laughs).Otherwise, I rented a house from November 24 to December 2 for my mother, my sister and a dozen friends.They will take pictures of the holidays and they will tell me suddenly (laughs).It doesn’t matter, for me it’s a vacation on the water.They will enjoy very well without me there.
Are you struggling with a small group for top 10 places, what is the ambition until arrival?
Pour la première fois, la Transat Jacques Vabre propose trois parcours distincts. Une bonne idée selon vous ? Débattez !We are not stopped now, we want to win the race (laughs).No, our ambition is always to finish.We must not forget that we do not know our boat, we must not ignite.We try to take care of it, we go around every day.We no longer want to get out of this top 10 now that we are there, we want to tear the top 5 even if the result is really the cherry on the cake given the context that this was thisyear.We take advantage, we are thoroughly!
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