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- Hello François, how is this going for Macif ?
- Hello Pierre-Louis, hello everybody, well listen, it's going well !
still in the trade winds, it's lifting a little bit, we're opening sails
we're closing to the equator, it's getting more and more warm, but we get used to it so it's not bad.
- Yes we saw on the ...
- We're getting ready for the doldrums crossing
- We saw it on the little video we passed a few minutes ago
that you were shirtless, in trade winds and that it was rather nice.
- Yeah, that's not bad, we're not gonna complain !
These are great conditions, it's also a little bit more stable
this night I had a little squall, the wind shifted 70°
and 1- 2 hours after it came back to normal. Otherwise the rest of the time it's rather regular so it is ...
it is going fast and that's rather nice !
- So, Pierre-François, and then Thomas and a guest after.
- Yes François. Deep in the summer, in trade wind, leading Vendee Globe, it's alright, you're not to miserable, are you ?
- Well, no no ! One gotta know how to enjoy great times, that's life !
No, exactly, that's it, there's times when you should not complain, don't complain, and that's the case here !
even if I really wanted to split hairs, I could say that it's quite too hot
but well, I won't say that, otherwise I won't make friends !
-Well, Thomas ?
- Yes, hello françois, Tanguy sent us a mail saying that he was listening to a lot of music aboard, quite 24/24
do you have such pleasures, being in the lead ?
- Do I have tracks you mean ?
- No, I want to say little pleasures, reading, music, how do you fill up your time ?
- Listen, well, I'm resting a lot right now, I think this is important because the end of the course will be essential
So well, I'm resting, and the days are going rather fast in fact
as soon as you've done weather routing, a little bit of communication and that you're trying to make the boat as fast as possible
the days pass and go and I don't really have time to get bored.
- François, we have a guest, Yann Delaigue, former rugby international and consultant for Canal
here, he's speaking to you.
- Yes, hello François. The question I had was ...
by being singlehanded like that at sea, does these moments like that, noon french time
of exchange with us, are those, expected times ?
or finally not more than this, and when you hang up do you feel a little bit blue, or not at all ?
- Well listen, it's always pleasant, sometimes we are a little bit out of phase because ...
we are occupied in a maneuver, or a sail change and it's not the good time.
Here it's not the case, I woke up 1 hours, 3/4 hour ago
I was at the charts desk, so it's easy to take the call and speak with you
you see, now I got the music, the alarm, the "vacation" was supposed to call me in 5 minutes
and so ... I can't turn of the music, this is the alarm, to be sure that I'm waking up.
And so, it's a pleasure to see that people are following, that people are here for the "vacation"
and that the race is followed.
- Anyway congrats, that's sure that you are doing the race in the lead for now
and with the days passing, I got the impression that you are increasing the gab with you opponents, so congrats to you.
- Thank you, thank you. Well, that's normal that we are increasing, Macif is in a favorable position
having touched the wind first for a few days
Now it's going to be a little bit the opposite, I think that while closing to the doldrums, Armel will come back
and after, when we'll be on the other side, we'll see !
- Last question from Thomas
- Yes François, you are approximatively 370 miles from equator, what is you ETA for equator ?
- Well listen, the equator I should normally be there ... wait that I don't tell stupidities ....
I think ....
Tomorrow, middle of the day, so a little bit less of 24 hours.
- Nice performance ! Well François, make us dream !
Here in Paris, this is the weather : 1°C, perhaps it's going to snow this night ...
it's not great ... And you, tell me, temperature of the water, the boat, the guy ?
- I don't know, it might be 30°C - 30°C, something like that !
30°C and brilliant sunshine
there is small clouds, but for not it's rather clear.
- Great ! You're not miserable ! Let's go, François Gabart, leading Vendee Globe !