Florence Arthaud she had been disappointed by “Dropped” – Le Point

His participation was to give Dropped a special aura: the little bride of the Atlantic, beloved of the French, in the heart of a competition, surrounded by the younger generation, including Camille Muffat and Alexis Vastine … The podium was beautiful, tempting displays, before it all ends up in the drama in the crash of March 9, leaving bereaved families and unanswered questions.

More prosaically, Florence Arthaud accepted this game to secure the future. “She was not a businesswoman, says his brother Hubert Arthaud this week the magazine Gala . She did not seek shelter until the end of his days. ” She accepted the game to rebuild their cash ( Special Envoy evokes a stamp 80 000), but also a taste for adventure. “As she had already participated in numerous raids and she liked it, she thought fun continues her brother when she called me the first night, she said. I’m very disappointed . We sleep in a four star hotel, this is not at all what I thought. I surentraînée and I regret it. The real adventure, as Florence was known, it was not that. There, it was fictional, organized, written, and it did not like him. ”

We know that Hubert Arthaud started a showdown with ALP, Adventure Line Productions, producer of the show, he accuses of having favored the spectacular images at the expense of security – refutes society. An investigation is underway in France and Argentina. “Florence has always taken calculated risks, she watched herself to its security, today insisted his brother Hubert Gala . There she left another organization to care for his own safety . What she had never done before. Unfortunately, like any ill-prepared event, nine times out of ten it can happen, but the tenth, no. I’m very angry against that. “

A female in her memory running?

Florence Arthaud wanted to use the money of his character for a racing project, Odyssey women. After his shooting in South America, the sailor had intended effect of getting to Sète to work with elected officials on this great sailing competition in the Mediterranean, between France, Spain and North Africa, only reserved for women – more female crews were already in the running. It also relying on their media exposure in Dropped to discuss this project close to his heart, and could eventually emerge if the elected officials and major sports take up the torch. “Making a race women in the Mediterranean would be a beautiful thing, recognizes his brother Hubert. I do not know yet what name it will bear. Maybe his. The name of Florence Arthaud is deposited to the interests of his daughter.”

The burial of the ashes of the sailor should eventually take place in June, in the small communal cemetery of Île Sainte-Marguerite, the largest of the Lerins Islands, off Cannes. But Sunday, April 26, at 11 am, Hubert Arthaud invites boats to travel facing the St. Honorat monastery with a white rose, while a priest recites a prayer. “For those who can not be there, we asked all vessels in all ports in France and overseas, throwing a white rose and operate their fog horn for 15 seconds. Florence Us hear all. “