As the solo sailors battled upwind towards Cape Finisterre, the APP Broadcast helicopter team was over the leader Bernard Stamm. With his mainsail reefed down to its smallest size, Stamm was on the foredeck wrestling with his storm jib as his boat,
Chemines Poujoulat, was slamming over and through huge waves. Click here to view the footage 

From Andrew Preece of APP Broadcast