Benjamin Dutreux heaps praise on GUYOT environnement crew ahead of Leg 4 of Ocean Race 2023

Benjamin Dutreux has praised his GUYOT environnement — Team Europe crew following a challenging start to the 2023 Ocean Race and is full of motivation looking ahead to Leg 4. GUYOT environnement — Team Europe were slowest to finish the first and second legs and were forced to suspend racing in the monstrous third leg, before having to return to Cape Town because of two big cracks. Ad They lie bottom of the standings with five legs still to race, including a transatlantic crossing from the USA to Denmark where double points are up for grabs.

The Ocean RaceThe Ocean Race - Leg 3 review with recap of exhilarating drama11 HOURS AGO “It was a real blow,” Dutreux said about having to retire midway through the third leg — the longest in the race’s 50-year history. “Giving up is never a nice moment. Especially since, on top of that, three members of our crew had never rounded Cape Horn.

“But failure is formative, so we shouldn't stop there.” The French skipper explained how he raised the morale of his disheartened crew, and believes their experiences have made them “stronger than ever” going into the fourth leg of eight. “I tried to put things into perspective pretty quickly,” he said. “I quickly switched to talk about the future.

In fact, I just tried to be myself and share what I felt. “There are real links that have been created. This has made the team even stronger than before.” The fourth leg, which will take the boats from Brazilian city Itajai to Newport in the United States of America, sees the fleet return to the northern hemisphere with a 5,550-nautical mile (6,387-mile/10,279- kilometre) passage.