NEWPORT HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS A STOPOVER FOR THE NEXT VOLVO OCEAN RACE.<\/p>\n
(February 4, 2013; Day 87) – The Vendee Globe welcome afforded to fourth
\nplaced Jean-Pierre Dick by a huge and passionate crowd was one worthy of a
\nrace winner. Having sailed more than 2500 miles with no keel, having lead
\nthe race – his third participation – and having been among the top three
\nfor most of the course, all clearly inspired a big, partisan crowd to take
\nto the channel into the heart of Les Sables d’Olonne this afternoon to
\nwelcome ‘ JP’.<\/p>\n
As one of the pre-race favourites, JP took his disappointments in his
\nstride but they ultimately took their toll on his overall performance.<\/p>\n
First was the loss of a key small gennaker – one which would have been his
\nreaching workhorse in the South which forced him to re-think his strategy
\nat times. Then he struggled with a jammed halyard hook which left him
\nunable to set the optimum headsail for some time. He eventually climbed the
\nmast of Virbac-Paprec 3 several times to free it but lost more miles. His
\nproblems were capped when he lost his keel on the evening of January 21.<\/p>\n
“The welcome here has been extraordinary. That transition between being
\nalone and arriving here makes me so proud to be here. You are a racer at
\nheart. I left trying to win this race, but it changed course and became an
\nadventure. In sporting terms, the goal was not achieved, but in human
\nterms, it is much more than I could have hoped for. I think that it will be
\neasier for me to get over the loss of my third place, because there is this
\nglorifying side to the end of the race. I am proud to have brought back my
\nVirbac-Paprec 3 to Les Sables d’Olonne.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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