This slightly eerie video from the Sodebo Voile team gives a clue to the tense and lonely life Thomas Coville leads while racing his Ultim 32/23 trimaran singlehanded as he prepares for the Route du Rhum.
As Coville puts it:
“Sailing an Ultim trimaran is a very anxious activity and you have to be able to dissociate the physical and the mental demands.”