On his second, he was hoping for competition but had compromise on that goal as he had a string of technical problems. Now Romain Attanasio is returning with a powerful foiler looking to play in the Premier League despite his dismasting three months before the start.
A first year after his last race to discover his foiling boat, the second year was to get into solo racing and training on the new boat and then a third to improve his performance. Can you tell us what happened and how these last few weeks have gone? The days are very busy! I was desperate, everything was falling apart. And then fortunately, you get back into the action and roll up your sleeves. In our misfortune, we were also able to take full advantage of a fantastic wave of solidarity.
There's Maxime Sorel who sold me his spare mast, Boris Herrmann, who gave me equipment, the whole team was all in, our partners responded to help pay the bill. We got back on track. Well, as sure as you can be in ocean racing. There are so many unexpected events in this profession where you always have to plan everything in advance, it's paradoxical. What's funny is that I had never been so ready, and then actually no. This summer, I was really relaxed for the first time, maybe it's a karmic thing, because I saw some people training and I told myself that it was good this time not to have to be in a scrap to be ready until the last minute.
So let's say that: I've never been so unready, not ready at all, and I'm trying to take it as philosophically as possible!
Fifteen days before arriving in Les Sables d'Olonne, right when we could sense the team, I was already doing my calculations and sending messages on the water to Boris Herrmann to buy his boat! It's a project that I set up before I even finished.
