On December 14, Samantha Davies set out again for the Vendée Globe, but was out of the race, nine days after her retirement. Before her, they are several to have joined Sables-d’Olonne without appearing in the final classification.
Upon the announcement of his retirement on December 5, after hitting an Ofni, Sam Davies was determined to leave the race if his boat was repairable: “ It’s my philosophy and that of the team. The Vendée Globe is a huge adventure. I always had a lot of respect for those who ended up out of the race “. Back at sea since December 14, you can see his Initiatives-Cœur boat on
the mapping of the Vendée Globe, near those of Alexia Barrier and Ari Huusela.
Persevere to complete the world tour
Damage or a significant risk to the boat may force the skippers to abandon or to stop in a port, resulting in immediate disqualification from the race. If the boat can be repaired at short notice, it is possible for them to resume their journey outside the competition. A special “non-race” section is also reserved for them in the classification of each edition of the Vendée Globe.
Patrice Carpentier and Mike Plant are the first two skippers out of the Vendée Globe race. During the 1989-1990 edition, the first had suffered an autopilot failure while the second announced that he was disqualifying himself after receiving assistance as his boat began to chase towards the shore.
In 1996-1997, then second in the standings behind Christophe Auguin, Isabelle Autissier was forced to stop over in Cape Town to repair her damaged rudder. When it came time to leave the race, she found several justifications for her choice: ” for fidelity to his life choices, for the tribute to those who believed in it, who financed, built, worked, dreamed with me. For the principle of not giving up. (…) And then, finally, so that one day I bring my boat back to Les Sables-d’Olonne, as planned, quite simply ».
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