A third difficult night for Clarisse Crémer! Then 29th in the ranking, the 34-year-old French sailor, who during her solo round-the-world trip will regularly share her logbook with us, suffered a heavy loss. The main sail of his boat deployed unexpectedly this Wednesday, around 4 a.m., before getting lost off the Portuguese coast.
This damage will not fail to penalize it during periods of light weather. “I was quite happy with my race, quite proud of my maneuvers and my trajectories, even if some were mainly guided by caution. Without this sail, the next few days downwind in light airs are not going to be very fun. I lost a lot of energy but the race is still long! “, she explained to the race director.
Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) took the lead in the Vendée Globe on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. The Frenchman is ahead of Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance) and Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable), respectively 12.91 and 23.00 nautical miles behind the leader.
