Prologue : Everest of the seas? -- Les Sables d'Olonne -- Battling the Bay of Biscay -- Respect in the North Atlantic -- My path to the Vendée Globe -- sitesALIVE! -- Asthma at sea -- The South Atlantic in Missouri -- Gales of the Indian Ocean -- Halfway home aboard Great American III -- Alone in the Pacific -- Cape Horn -- The South Atlantic... again -- The northern North Atlantic -- Finishing among the amazing French -- Prize-giving ceremony -- Epilogue : 2012 or 2016?