“I made a buffet stop”, Clarisse Crémer’s bad encounter with a fishing net

A giant octopus dying in the Atlantic? The famous kraken haunting the stories of Jules Verne or a rope abandoned by a freighter? No, a drift fishing net. Launched in the ascent towards Les Sables-d’Olonne, Clarisse Crémer had an unexpected encounter with a floating object finally identified stuck under the hull of the boat which almost played a very bad trick on her while she was at the controls of the Occitan in Provence.

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In a video made available this Tuesday, the sailor returns to this mishap. “I was caught up in this… I don’t know what it was but I made a buffet stop”explained the Parisian temporarily immobilized with her Imoca. “I’m going to try to leave without taking this thing again, holy crap!”she added.

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A blessing in disguise because Clarisse Crémer immediately explains that this unscheduled stop had forced him to steer the boat manually. This unforeseen event allowed him to notice that a cylinder was damaged inside the hull. “If I had not blocked the boat at that time, I could have caused further damage”she slips, reassuring in passing about her state of health.

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On Monday, she felt unwell after blocking her neck and left shoulder. “I gorged myself on ibuprofen and paracetamol but it was for a good cause”she confided, admitting to having experienced a «moment difficile.» 12^e of the Vendée Globe four years ago, Clarisse Crémer is on time to achieve a similar performance. This Tuesday, the sailor occupied the same rank off the coast of Uruguay while Charlie Dalin (Macif) and Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) continued their standoff to win.