Sailor Clarisse Crémer crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe off the coast of Les Sables-d'Olonne on Monday morning, ranking 11th. The skipper of L'Occitane en Provence crossed the line at 4:36 a.m. (GMT+1), after 77 days, 15 hours and 34 minutes at sea.
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Like Benjamin Dutreux, she will not go up the Sables d'Olonne channel. The skipper of L'Occitane en Provence crossed the line at 4:36 a.m. (GMT+1), after 77 days, 15 hours and 34 minutes at sea.
Clarisse Crémer was diverted to La Rochelle.
Due to the wind gusts of nearly 130 km/h recorded on Sunday off the coast of Les Sables d'Olonne and very rough seas making entry into the port dangerous, the sailor had to, like her predecessor Benjamin Dutreux (Guyot Environment), immediately head for La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) for shelter.
The two sailors will return with their boats to Les Sables-d'Olonne in a few days, when the Herminia depression will have passed over the French coast, the organization explained.
-Already closed to the public on Sunday, the racing village will also be closed this Monday. After a busy weekend, 23 boats remain in the running, sailing up the Atlantic at their own pace, with the last ones expected at the end of February.
Clarisse Crémer's journey has been tough: “From the first days, she lost her large gennaker (its largest headsail, editor’s note)sacrificed to protect his mast, forcing him to adapt his strategies from Cape Finisterre. Added to this were other unforeseen events: a damage to the foil cylinder in the southern seas, a problem with the mainsail hook or even problems with a water leak damaging its computer systems.
The Vendéen, Benjamain Dutreux, who arrived 10th, thought he would find his family in the Sables d'Olonne channel. He also landed in La Rochelle.
“I was thinking of meeting everyone yesterday in Les Sables d'Olonne. I had a complicated night, but being here, I feel less of a traitor to Clarisse. We were talking last night and she encouraged me telling myself that I would succeed in taking the channel, I really wanted to, but I couldn't see myself leaving her alone for a while. It's a nice story to tell. that finally, we crossed paths last night, when she was going to cut the line and I was going down to take shelter. We can't control everything, we have to constantly adapt. The world teaches us this, but at sea,. it's in an XXL version. It's a great lesson in life.”, confided the skipper upon his arrival.
“I don't really realize it, no, my goal was to be at full throttle, with the handle in the corner and ultimately, it's an excellent result. The Vendée Globe has changed a lot, today it's a competition high level Before the start, I humbly told myself that I would like to make a Top 10, but deep down, I said to myself: is it really feasible? I put my guts into it and it paid off. It's the icing on the cake. A beautiful cherry all the same!”he added.
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