This new edition of the Vendée Globe allows him to move away from the controversies, far from the media storms. And, if Clarisse Crémer has returned to the news recently, it is for happier reasons. With the start of the Vendée Globe on November 10, where his farewell kiss with his companion Tanguy Le Turquais, also participating in the race, brought a little lightness to his ocean of torment.
gullI was neither at the birth of my daughter, nor for her one and two years.
A slate on which it is written: “Happy birthday, Mathilda” in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This is how the couple, who live in Locmiquélic, a small village located south of Morbihan in Brittany, celebrated the birthday of their two-year-old daughter on November 15. Not without concern, as the skipper testified to RMC, before departure. “The only thing that really worries me is if something serious happens to him. There, I will probably have a real emotional and psychological problem to manage by perhaps being in the middle of the Pacific without being able to return to earth quickly.” Tanguy Le Turquais, who sails with Lazare’s boat, felt a little guilty at the idea of once again missing his daughter’s birthday. “It’s Mathilda’s birthday, who is 2 years old. I feel a little guilty as a dad, because I wasn’t there for the birth, nor for her one year old and nor for her two years old. Every time, I was at sea.”
While the two sailors cross the oceans, it is Léna, the sister of Tanguy Le Turquais, who takes care of the little one, at the same time as she works for the Istrian sailor’s team during this VG 2024. “She learned a job in the Tanguy team and she did “Super Tati”smiles Tanguy’s wife for RMC.
Two cases in 12 months
Vendée Globe: after the goodbyes, the big start was given
This story is a bit like the good weather after the rain, the wind and the storm that the two sailors had to brave. At the heart of two controversies of which they were the victims. Each time led by boat, one could write. In February 2023 to start, four months after the birth of Mathilda. In the midst of motherhood and while she was preparing to compete in a new Vendée Globe with the boat financed by Banque Populaire, Clarisse Crémer was finally ousted by her sponsor. The reason: her new status as a mother which was not ideal”to approach the Vendée Globe with complete peace of mind“, according to the Banque Populaire press release at the time. “Ils (Popular Bank) are ready to assume the risk of a giant trimaran, and all the natural, technical and human hazards linked to offshore racing, but obviously not that of maternity“, castigated the skipper. Faced with the controversy, the financial sponsor finally withdrew from the 2024 Vendée Globe, two weeks later. And Clarisse Crémer found a boat, a month later with the Occitanie Group.
gullDigest, I don’t know if that’s the right word.
The swell on land. It is therefore a new concept that the sailor couple was able to experiment between these two Vendée Globes. Since a year after the dismissal affair, Clarisse and Tanguy took the tide again. This time, they were accused of cheating. An anonymous denunciation, which led to the opening of an investigation by the FFVoile (French sailing federation). The cause: Tanguy Le Turquais, on land, would have helped her – in 2020-2021, via messages on WhatsApp – in her navigation and routing. A prohibited practice, given that the race takes place without assistance. A month later, the case was finally closed and they were cleared. But Clarisse Crémer, once again targeted, remains bitter about this affair. “It’s yet another subject which touches on darker springs of the human soul. It was a difficult period which took a lot of energy from me, which cost me a lot. To digest, I don’t know if that’s the right word; I’ve moved on.”she declared before leaving for RMC.
Offshore, the two skipper parents will be able to recharge their batteries. Sheltered from the media wind.
