Loïck Peyron is due to reach Fremantle tonight at the end of his long voyage under jury rig aboard Gitana Eighty. It will have taken him three weeks to cross the Indian Ocean since his boat was dismasted and he was forced to retire from the race. On his arrival he will be assisted by Dominique Wavre and Mike Golding's team, as Ecover 3 and Temenos II are already moored in Fremantle. In mid-January, Gitana 80 is due to be transported back to Europe aboard a container vessel, but Loïck will only be spending a few hours in Australia before flying back to France.
And then there were three...
December 30. 2008