In Hobart, Thomas Coville met up with his technical team, an unexpected, necessary, but nonetheless unwelcome reunion as he pitstops with Sodebo ULTIM 3, for repairs. “Here I am completely on the other side of the world, ” says the skipper in a poignant video, “And here I am meeting up with my team with whom I work with all year round. The emotion was enormous. ”
He added “In terms of security, it was no longer viable. The bough pulpit, had separated from the hull, and meant that the front net was not useful. That’s really what made me decide to stop. Beyond the performance, the repair of the foils that I managed to do, this need for of safety is too important to put it aside. There are plenty of motor sports where pit stopping is part of the strategy. And now we know this race is down to reliability. ”