Let’s remind ourselves of what Olivier de Kersauson said at the end of the radio link conversation on Monday 29 March:

“We’ve been off course for 4 days. We’re just surviving, and like all survivors, we hope that things will get better in the next 48 hours. If nothing changes, the only thing we’ll be able to do is to run for the north and not round the Horn at all”.

And: “In 2 or 3 days, we’ll have to evaluate the true risk. As things are, we can’t risk capsizing the boat. At this time of the year, in these waters… we’re not in the North Atlantic where there are people around. If you capsize here, you’re dead”.

Whatever the decision reached by Geronimo’s skipper, we can be sure that it will be in the best possible interest of the Cap Gemini and Schneider Electric crew.

Whatever the content of his announcement, it will be indisputable since the choice will have been guided by the clear imperative of protecting human life, which is priceless and can never be compared with the exhilaration of performance.

Every one of Geronimo’s crew knows that they can count on the total support of their sponsoring partners.

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