Temenos II moored in Morbihan Bay

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December 13. 2008 at 15:04
© DOMINIQUE WAVRE / TEMENOS 2 / Vendée Globe

Dominique Wavre was able to moor up his Temenos II in Morbihan Bay in the Kerguelen Islands today at around 12.30 UTC.  He was surprised to be greeted by a French TV film crew, who just happened to be present on the island. "All went well.  The people on site really helped me. The approaches were tricky. There was 25 knots of wind on the tail and just fifty or so metres around the  buoy to moor with sufficient depth. They were a great help in positioning the boat properly. It’s a bit of a change as the boat is now full of people, cameras and a soundman…”