Ocean Racing Magazine - #5 - October & November 2007 - (Page 46)

PORTRAIT LIONEL LEMONCHOIS quietly and discreetly The Rhum record-holder will without doubt be one of the favourites for the Transat Jacques Vabre, a race, he won back in 2005 with Pascal Bidégorry, calmly and efficiently. ONE DAY WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK at all the portraits of Lionel Lemonchois since his win in the Route du Rhum (7 days, 17 hours). To be frank, he was surprised to see just how much ink has been devoted to him. However, there are many that resemble him. Like the one that turned him into a centaur or an Assyrian bull on an enamelled brick, one of the best so far. Lionel Lemonchois is certainly the most difficult sailor to paint. Hit with a barrage of questions, he replies in three short sentences and a lot of hesitation. What is striking about him is that the speed at which he speaks remains the same whatever the temperature, the wind strength, the clothes he is wearing or the number of hulls he is racing on. Which just goes to show how serious he is. Given his size, Lionel Lemonchois could not have lived for long in a confined space. That is why from an early age, he sought out an open-air profession. Physically, he is huge and a warm-blooded mammal. He is a bit like one of those bears that stand on their rear legs. Landlubbers are often captivated by insignificant little details. Autumn 2005. Lionel Lemonchois and Pascal Bidégorry win the Transat Jacques Vabre on Banque Populaire. Lemonchois’s ankles were very affected by the elastic of his wet weather gear, which he had been wearing for a week. He made himself some bandages with dish clothes. He looked like a Roman centurion on the pontoon in Salvador de Bahia. This is a picture that will remain in people’s minds. He only required a little leather skirt and you Ocean Racing - october 2007 Photos : Gitana SA / Yvan Zedda

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ocean Racing Magazine - #5 - October & November 2007

Edito
Contents
What they said
News
Portfolio
America's Cup - One Cup or two?
Jules Verne Trophy - Cammas, down to 48 days ?
Personality - Missing Fosset
Mini - Thirty years of innovations
Transat Jacques Vabre
Portrait - Lemonchois, quietly and discreetly
Barcelona World Race - Duos around the world
TP 52 - Where the stars shine
Figaro - Desjoyeaux not so alone
Trial - Sun Fast 3200
Tactics - Why the New Zealanders lost the America’s Cup
Fasnet Race
Lab
Portrait - Andrew Pindar
Fifty years ago - The Admiral’s Cup - offshore racing
Equipment
New products
Opinion

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