Looking for partners to finance his participation in the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe, Tanguy Le Turquais has found an original, funny and useful way to get people talking about him.
Like Thomas Ruyant and his LinkedOut project, the 36-year-old sailor has chosen to highlight the work of volunteers for the most disadvantaged in order to "
make the invisible visible
".
In this case those of Lazare, an association created in 2010 which develops solidarity shared accommodation between young working people and the homeless.
In an offbeat and touching video, Tanguy Le Turquais presents his new teammates, former homeless people who will help him prepare for his first world tour while having fun with the codes of the "start-up nation" and the world of offshore racing.
“
We started from a simple observation.
The eyes of the world are riveted on the skippers of the Vendée Globe while thousands of people in the street are invisible
, explains the companion of Clarisse Crémer, 12th and first woman to complete the last Vendée Globe
.
My dream is to go around the world taking the Lazare roommates on board and sharing the light with them
”.
To finish first of the foilless boats on Damien Seguin's former Apicil (7th in 2021).
Notice to interested sponsors.
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