Handle: Boris Herrmann comes second in “New York Vendée”

Crusing hero Boris Herrmann (43) is prepared for his subsequent massive journey! The Hamburg native completed second on the end in Les Sables-d’Olonne/France on the costume rehearsal for the legendary solo world tour “Vendée Globe” with the “Malizia -Seaexplorer” of his.

On the “New York Vendée” regatta, Herrmann crossed the Atlantic in 10 days, 20 hours, 52 minutes and 32 seconds. It coated a distance of 4,112 nautical miles (7,615 kilometers) at a mean velocity of 15.76 knots (29.2 km/h).

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He additionally completed the race to New York in Might with a brand new pair of foils underneath his mast in second place in opposition to 27 opponents within the Imoca boat class.

This time solely Frenchman Charlie Dalin (49) was quicker, having arrived in Brittany 17 hours earlier on Saturday night after 10 days, 3 hours, 44 minutes and 30 seconds.

“Congratulations to Charlie,” stated Herrmann after anchoring. “I used to be fortunate to sail rather a lot downwind and I had good expertise up north. I’m very comfortable to return on this sunny Sunday and see everybody once more. It is nice!”

Herrmann had chosen a route far to the north in a windy lottery on the Atlantic Ocean. At first it fell behind – however after surviving the lull, it climbed again to the highest with loads of tailwind and high speeds of over 30 knots (56 km/h).

Whereas Herrmann recovers for a number of days along with his household, the Malizia Seaexplorer can be lifted out of the water on the French workforce base and utterly dismantled for the final time earlier than the Vendée Globe . Herrmann: “We take the ship aside, keep it, test the whole lot, however then put it again collectively once more till we have now the whole lot completely underneath management.”

The wild hunt world wide begins on November 10.