Fabrice Amedeo, survivor of the Route du rhum: “I almost died three times in a few hours…”

” Hello ? Can you hear me well? The line is clear and the voice surprisingly calm, without any stress. The worst is over and Fabrice Amedeo is now safe. Barely twenty-four hours ago, the skipper of the Imoca “Nexans-Art & Fenêtres” who left for the start of the Route du rhum nearly lost his life several times off the coast of the Azores archipelago. His 18-meter monohull suffered several damages before catching fire, and the 44-year-old from Mayen just had time to cut the rope that connected his lifeboat to the boat.