Yann Queffélec recounts his sailing trips with Eric Tabarly. The writer, former sailing instructor at Jeunesse et Marine, returns with delight to the man Eric Tabarly was. With a mixture of interviews and sound archives, this program takes us on a voyage to retrace the life of an exceptional sailor.
The naval sense, the team spirit, the humility, Yann Queffélec realizes a portrait by taking pleasure in reframing the often disarming image of Eric Tabarly. " Tabarly was a quiet man, absolutely not embarrassing by his silence, silence on board a boat is not embarrassing. A sort of millstone, a chatterbox on board, it is rather annoying, he gave off something extraordinary... There were few words, but all the words carried: this is a boat that moves forward ".
In passing, Yann Queffélec also took the opportunity to scratch Alain Colas. During the 76 solo transatlantic race, Alain Colas, " a sort of lame toad kept trying to fight with Tabarly... he ended up being disqualified after cheating."
On his disappearance, Yann Queffélec is surprised: "He created two memorable formulas - a hand for the sailor and a hand for the boat, he had neither the hand for the sailor nor the hand for the boat. The other formula - a sailor who falls overboard does not belong on the boat. He failed in both of these advices".
After that, you will not be able to sail past the Méaban bush, at the entrance to the Gulf of Morbihan, without thinking of Eric Tabarly watch out for the ebb ".
