Sebastien Josse (FRA):
“We have had an amazing leg and we didn’t expect to finish second. We thought we might be able to do something but I am really pleased with this result.”

“We have had really good boat speed throughout this leg and everyone else broke something but we managed to keep it together.”

“We sailed really well. We broke one thing but that was not the fault of the crew. We never pushed the boat and the crew never pushed me to sail her any faster or push for another 5 knots of boat speed. We just sailed fast and safe.”

“It has been really fun to sail with a crew this time and it is good to enjoy this moment with them.”

Simon Fisher (GBR)
“We have had a fantastic ride. It is an absolute relief to arrive here especially after drifting around for a good number of hours at the end of the leg and it is probably a few of the more stressful hours of my life, especially knowing that Brasil 1 was doing 20 knots behind us. It was just a question of waiting patiently and that was all we could do.”

“It has been a great race and there have been a lot of good points with some really fast sailing. We obviously have a rocket ship in certain conditions and we are very happy with that.”

“The atmosphere on board has been fantastic but we can’t say that we haven’t beaten ourselves from pillar to post, but at least we managed to do it with a smile on our faces.”

“We always thought we could do something special if we sailed really well. We had a few good moments in the first half of the race but we were disappointed to round Fernando de Noronha in fourth place, but we dug our heels in and worked hard in the South Atlantic. To get second is just an awesome job.”

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