Friday 5 october 2001

Hervé crossed the line in 5th position!

Hervé arrived this morning at 1:07:40 universal time. He spent 12 days,11 hours, 34 minutes and 40 seconds on sea.

He finished 5th, a little more than 10 hours after Michel Mirabel, first of the series.

This is a wonderful performance.

His last day at sea was not the best one and he is happy to have stay at the same ranking. It was since Sunday that he knew his position, and this motivated him a lot.

A lot of things broke on the boat, and most of them on the first day. He was also lucky to arrive with a mast on!

After a short night , because of the children of course, we took a picture of Hervé before shaving.Then it was the race to the harbour to try to find the rigth people to repair the boat.

We will interview him longer during the week-end and try to give you a better idea of this incredible first leg.