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Marcel Bardiaux recounts his long solo voyage aboard his cutter, Les 4 Vents, or at least the first part of his journey, the part that took him to Tahiti, for the immense voyage, which began in Le Havre in February 1950, provides ample material for adventures. When one knows that the author designed and built his boat himself, that he rounded Cape Horn in the dead of winter, that he explored the Patagonian channels, that he navigated treacherous passes with a frozen leg, it's easy to imagine...

Damien is the story of a voyage that has become legendary. This 10-meter wooden cutter, which set sail from La Rochelle on May 25, 1969, crisscrossed the globe for five years. Its 55,000-mile journey was marked by major firsts: Spitsbergen, the ascent of the Amazon, Cape Horn, the Southern Islands, Antarctica...