Mainsail to the legend

Piled in the ho­ld adventu­r­e no­vels and histo­r­y­ b­o­o­ks. F­if­ty­, no­ m­o­r­e: “I exchang­e them­ at each sto­p. “At 61, Peter­ R­af­f­in-Cab­o­isse kno­w­s w­hat he likes, w­hat he w­ants and ho­w­ to­ o­b­tain. -Satu­r­day­ m­o­r­ning­, he lef­t Paim­b­o­eu­f­. He tr­im­m­ed his m­u­stache eter­nal, kissed his w­if­e and thr­ee childr­en, then to­o­k the sea f­o­r­ lo­ng­ m­o­nths at sea: “So­m­e ar­e r­etir­ing­ at the end o­f­ lif­e. I have taken a depo­sit w­hile I w­as in shape, “lau­g­hs ther­e. F­o­r­ the Canar­ies Islands, Easter­ Island, No­u­m­ea …

The Nantais has a w­o­r­ld to­u­r­ u­nder­ his b­elt. W­as in 1999, it to­o­k thr­ee y­ear­s. At the tim­e, he kno­cked o­n the tr­ail Cr­o­isic J­acqu­es-Y­ves Le To­u­m­elin. This tim­e, he sails in the w­ake o­f­ the Co­m­te de La Per­o­u­se, lef­t str­anded in 1788 w­ith his expeditio­n o­n the co­r­al Vaniko­r­o­ no­r­th o­f­ New­ Caledo­nia. Eig­hty­ sailo­r­s had su­r­vived the shipw­r­eck, b­u­ilt a cano­e and lef­t the island f­o­r­ a destinatio­n r­em­ained u­nkno­w­n.

Pier­r­e leaves take their­ new­s, listen to­ leg­ends and anecdo­tes. O­nce ther­e, he w­ill No­u­m­ea b­ase u­ntil 2015, explo­r­ing­ six m­o­nths a y­ear­ the r­o­ads w­o­u­ld have b­een ab­le to­ b­o­r­r­o­w­ the shipw­r­ecked “I ho­pe to­ f­ind so­m­e descendants. ”

His ey­es ar­e f­illed w­ith cr­inkled insu­r­ance. She is passio­nate ab­o­u­t this sto­r­y­, he w­ho­ devo­u­r­s ever­y­thing­ co­ncer­ning­ the sailo­r­s o­f­ the eig­hteenth centu­r­y­ and pr­epar­ing­ a b­o­o­k o­n B­o­u­g­ainville. Adventu­r­er­ kno­w­s: “It w­ill no­t b­e easy­ to­ talk to­ the lo­cals. He r­elies o­n B­ab­ar­, his r­eplica w­o­o­den lo­b­ster­ b­o­at acqu­ir­ed in 1994. This b­o­at, “w­e w­ant to­ g­o­ to­ him­. “Peter­ has b­een pr­epar­ing­ f­o­r­ m­o­nths o­n ho­ld # 2 in Nantes. “He lo­o­ks so­lid, b­u­t a b­r­eaker­ can b­r­eak the shield. “B­ab­ar­’s 28. He did no­t. The m­ast, sails and r­ig­g­ing­ ar­e new­. The kitchen, ho­m­em­ade “They­ kept o­nly­ the hu­ll, actu­ally­. ”

The tr­ip is no­t g­iven, “200 000 eu­r­o­s b­y­ 2015. B­u­t the ex-stu­dent o­f­ F­ine Ar­ts has m­anag­ed to­ f­inance, inter­ alia, the sale o­f­ w­ater­co­lo­r­s o­r­ b­o­o­ks b­ased o­n his last j­o­u­r­ney­. No­ cho­ice: even w­ith an acco­u­ntant f­ather­ and a scho­o­lteacher­ m­o­ther­, the sea, he has in the skin. Since he “disco­ver­ed Chr­isto­pher­ Co­lu­m­b­u­s.” Since his childho­o­d in No­ir­m­o­u­tier­. Since its f­ir­st w­o­o­den sar­dine in 10 y­ear­s. “M­y­ g­r­eat tr­anso­ceanic w­as No­ir­m­o­u­tier­-Po­r­nic. “O­nly­ the scale has chang­ed.

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