Delta Gilds: breakage of the mast

It was without a doubt the piece of the monocoque that Jérémie Beyou took care of like the girl of its eyes. “The objective is to last, we are prudent” assured in each telephone connection”. And nevertheless, the mast was broken in half of the past night. The return to the world to two and without scales that Jérémie decided to share with Sidney Gavignet finishes finishing, in some place between South Africa and the Antarctic continent, in 47ºS and 33º E. The monocoque has the broken wings and it cannot only return, a month after the exit of a wonderful adventure for both regatistas and more than 600 collaborators of Delta It gilds

Ever since Saturday 8 of December, when the PRB, leader of regata, divided their mast, the Delta Gilds sailed behind the trio of head in 4º position. Both men, whose main objective was to finish regata, sailed carrying far the precautions before any luffed, any wave, any shower. While the group in head gained distance at wild speeds, Jérémie Beyou and Sidney Gavignet were not let lower and continued advancing to their rate, without forgetting their competitive spirit. At night of Monday to Tuesday, Jérémie Beyou rises to be on its duty while Sidney is in the letter table, sailing with the autopilot. A great one crujido causes that Sidney hurries to the outside: the mast blocks the exit and has fallen on the ceiling and the bathtub. Jérémie could not hide-and-seek its fear: “It is impossible, cannot be the mast” After sending the rigging by the hut to save the helmet, Jérémie and Sidney they advance to 3 knots with a small equipment of fortune

Then, the equipment starts up the attendance plan to go to its encounter. The Delta Gilds is 1000 miles of Cape Town and it does not have than 188 liters of fuel more, the equivalent to two days of autonomy to motor. Nevertheless, 12 days are necessary at least to arrive at port. The machinery has started up and quickly, Delta Gilds authorizes to charter a motor catamaran from Cape Town to arrive to the Delta Gilds and to do against the situation, based on the meteorological conditionses of the moment. It will be necessary to choose between towing the monocoque, providing to him combustible or to mount a fortune equipment. On board, Fanch Guiffant, member of the equipment, will be the one in charge to help both regatistas. The attendance boat will be with the Delta Gilds at the end of week.  

Delta Gilds, the specialistic company in domótica with soothes in Britain and commercial delegation in Spain, is more than ever next to his skippers. Like until now, one will stay informed to collaborator and clients into the development of regata, without forgetting the following objective: the preparation of Vendée Globe 2008.

Testimony of Jéremie Beyou: “We had a wind of 24 knots, with ends of 32. It was the moment of the change of guard, everything marched either, with the trimadas candles or. We took to a curl in the major and trinqueta. Sidney was igniting the motor to load batteries, it has risen of the letter table and I have listened to a great one crujido. 

Sidney has removed the head and has seen the mast on roof. First it has been to put to us in survival suit, was impressive to hear the noise of carbon crujiendo on our heads. There are preparation the raft with the Iridium of aid. The mast piece struck the cover and we remembered of when Isabelle Autissier it lost the wood and this one finished spoiling the dangerous helmet Era to leave behind, so we have left by the prow. The mast was in two pieces, a part in the water by port and we were crossed to the sea. The knob of the mast, in the water, of ago drift anchor and with each wave struck the helmet.

Each wave was more powerful, a water route could be made a hole in the helmet and be abrir.

Everything has been very fast, in a while the mast was already in the water, after sawing it and cutting cables. In 40 minutes we had cleaned everything and, already inside, we have analyzed the situation. There are preparation an equipment of fortune with tormentín, vaguely seems a sock… and it will push a little to us.

Surfeando, we can advance to 4.5 knots and we progressed towards the NE.

The mast was one of the pieces to which I have paid a special attention. A person of the equipment was in charge of the mast, we have not trapicheado with the amounts of carbon. This mast was a stake and it had never protested! she had held much more, I do not understand what she has been able to happen. “

The psychic state of Jérémie Beyou: “Inner, I did not have time to think about anything: it was necessary to act quickly. Now I have the rage, to finish history this way, after all this work, of as much implication and mainly, of this principle of regata that On guard put of attack every two or three days to us. Me revuelve the guts. To leave one regata, especially this, is so difficult! We know that risks we assumed when leaving, but never you think about that you will have to leave…

To see the others continue without us gives desire me to leave again.

And my deception grows due to yours, to the one of all the collaborators; with all the support and the spirits that we received from the beginning. And my equipment, that has as much worked and to that I give back to a boat amputee to him. It will be necessary to overcome rest, you trust my. In spite of everything, the lived experience is very valuable and the motivation and the forces that I am going to remove from this, also. What it does not kill, gets fat. Jérémie "

The gratefulness of Sidney Gavignet: I have spoken much of my until now, my emotions and my form to see the things. The adventure is on the verge of finishing and I want to be useful that it is slept for hablaros of Jérémie, landlord of the Delta Gilds.

Extremely I am been thankful him of to me to have chosen to share these miles with him. To be in the exit was a great luck for my, to be in the arrival it would have been still more. One assumed that I had to contribute to the maturity and the experience to our pair, but in numerous occasions their mature proposals, wise people prevailed and. Its “feeling” of the boat is right and its sense of the priorities, an obsession.

Its “distressed” nature is not always easy to coexist, but express to that is learned they are the desire to do it well, to do the correct thing that ties down to him.

We will not have been very charlatantes, the objective of our association was not that and the good one of Jérémie is true bretón, do not speak much those people.

Moan deeply not to be able to demonstrate what advance, I really create that Beyou is to the height, that with Beyou, Delta Gilds account with a “gentleman”. They will give a great blow in next the Vendée Globe.

Its frustration is enormous, much greater than mine; it surpasses when it, nobody doubt that their results will be without precedents.

Jérémie thanks. Sidney”