Franck Cammas
Lovely earlier interview with Franck Cammas of Groupama 3 which broke the record yesterday on their third attempt, both previous attempts ending in disaster.
“When I make up my crew, I search for competence, team spirit, an open mind, motivation, passion, enthusiasm, the ability to work hard and the ability to take the knocks!
That’s a lot of characteristics to bring together but I am lucky to have some top notch sailors around me. “
“There’s good in each of us. You simply have to try and work on the strong points and erase the weak points!”
“I like multihulls a great deal as they are thoroughbreds, elegant and very fast. To sail aboard a boat which transforms the wind is fabulous and above all very intelligent.”
“In ocean racing, women are already on a par and in lots of crew positions. They shouldn’t have any kind of complex in regard to men. They also have some advantages, particularly that of finding funding more easily!”
Those are the thoughts of a proven champion.
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