Sebastien Destremau update - The voyage continues! In exploration mode! 
- Latest two posts and a link to a video from Sebastien.
- Tracking of Merci.
- Destination.
- Other tracking maps.
When I checked Sebastien Destremau's site this evening, I found two new entries.
2nd March:
PASSED TEST!
In Les News
Sébastien returns to the port:
“Merci is back in port after 48 hours of sailing to test all the equipment. 200 miles close-hauled and 200 miles full throttle …… too cool !!! “.
“Merci is back in Lyttelton following 48 hours of testing. 200 miles going up wind and 200 miles blasting across for the return…. Great fun !!!
Link to post in French with photo:
Test réussi! - Merci avec Sébastien Destremau
5th March:
WELCOME TO THE OFFICE: MERCI LEAVES NEW ZEALAND TO ...
For a few hours now, Merci has definitely left the port of Lyttelton in New Zealand and is sailing along the coast to her next destination which is…
(Link to English version video)
https://www.mercivendeeglobe.com/medias/2021/03/VID-20210305-WA0005-1.mp4?_=2
Link to original post:
Bienvenue au bureau : Merci quitte la Nouvelle-Zélande pour... - Merci avec Sébastien Destremau
Excellent!

For those who cannot view the linked video, he is resuming his circumnavigation but as he now has the time, he is first going to explore the Pacific Islands. His first destination is Noumea in New Caledonia.
Nouméa | New Caledonia
New Caledonia | History, Geography, & Culture
Discover Noumea
Ville de Nouméa
Météo Nouvelle-Calédonie - Accueil
Here is his tracker:
Où est merci ? - Merci avec Sébastien Destremau
The track below shows arrival at Lyttelton Harbour, near Christchurch, where Sebastien retired from the race for repairs to Merci, his IMOCA yacht. We can also see the route of the sea trial he undertook, to make sure everything was in order for the journey ahead. Now he is heading North in to the Pacific.
I have looked and VG isn't tracking him now that the race is over. The free ie unsubscribed tracking services I have referred to during the Vendee Globe do track satellite AIS but do not display details to non-subscribers.
What we can do is attempt to correlate Seb's tracker with the unlabelled plots on the others. Why would we want to do that? We might want a different wind overlay or to look at other traffic.
This is where I think he is going. The lines I have drawn are only a crude indication of where he is going and not his actual route.
Here is the map again but with other boat types filtered out. This just shows yachts and pleasure boats.
Okay, we know where he is and where he is going. How do we know how fast he is sailing or what the conditions are like. I have just discovered that the tracker he uses has a click and display feature. This is much more convenient than having to use timed screen grabs as with the VG tracker.
Looking at the Noumea meteorological site, there was a cyclone which is moving away, leaving improved weather for the island.