Brest 20 Jan 2008... short sleep for a long day.

On Saturday 19 Jan I left La Trinite sur Mer with Eric in his chopper. First stop have been Quimper airport where we did refuel. the idea was to do a flight over Francis Joyon and his maxi trimaran "IDEC" before sunset. With Eric we have been working all week to calculate and try to organise that photo shoot offshore. Jean-Yves Bernot have been a great help. Advising me on possible route of Francis in last 2 days before the finish line. the question was : finish by daylight or not. 

First part of the night (Before 23.00) or after midnight????

With Eric we were ready to go offshore around 120 Nautical miles. unfortunetly, Francis was still 160 NM before sunset. 

So impossible mission...

Francis did arrived 40mn after midnight. with his maxi trimaran he did an arrival on Sunday morning in Brest port ( by daylight).

I did photos of his entrance in Brest with a special guest onboard heli, Ellen MacArthur who was the record owner before Francis.

Ellen was impress by Francis result, and probably sad, but with big respect for Francis. she always have said that a record is made to be broken.

Some media said that she will go again to take that record back in 2009. it's just bullshit!!!

she don't know what she will do after her actual projects (untill end of 2009) will be over.

So why some journalist have to change words? she was not very happy about that. 

Now I am packing to go tomorrow for some under water photography in Nassau (Bahamas).

will be good to dive in 25°C water.

Short video made with CanonG9 by Ellen and I.