Sébastien Destremau has just completed the Vendée Globe. This sailor embarked on this adventure as a challenge. A challenge against himself and a challenge to prove his worth in the eyes of his loved ones. This is what he explains throughout the 255 pages of his book.
By alternating the chapters - a current chapter with the history of his Vendée Globe and a chapter on his childhood and the life he led before the start - this sailor is producing a biography rather than a banal race account.
The reader who would like to have precise anecdotes about his race, details about options, manoeuvres or life on board will be disappointed. By following the Vendée Globe on a daily basis, reading Face Ocean's press releases and watching Sébastien Destremau's videos, I learned more about his race than by reading the book..
On the other hand, this book is ideal for all the aficionados of the sailor - and they are numerous! - who will find explanations about his will to get there at any cost.
Because Sébastien Destremau really has something to prove. And in this book he settles his accounts with himself seeking to get back on his feet with his relatives - children, parents, brothers and sister. This book is a true cry from the heart of someone who has difficulty expressing his feelings and who reveals himself through his adventure and his book to those he loves.
A sailor friend told me at the start of a Transat:"You'll see, long sailing is a real psychoanalysis". It is exactly this journey that Sébastien Destremau tells us..
Alone in the world of Sébastien Destremau
XO Editions
255 pages
15.5 x 24.1 cm
19,90 €
