2 On 15 January 2003, De Kersauson left France on his yacht, the Geronimo. After just six hours at sea, the Geronimo suddenly slowed down. De Kersauson didn’t know why the yacht had slowed down. He looked over the side of the Geronimo, and saw a giant squid. It was attacking his yacht! Fortunately, when De Kersauson stopped the Geronimo, the squid let go and swam away.