Clarisse Crémer, 34 years old and twelfth in the Vendée Globe in 2021, is auditioned this Saturday by an international jury, in the context of accusations of cheating of which she is suspected.
The skipper would have exchanged weather information with her companion, the navigator Tanguy Le Turquais, who had not participated in this edition of the race.
The jury will deliver its verdict on Monday.
On February 11, the French Sailing Federation (FFV) received an anonymous email in which Clarisse Crémer was accused of having violated the rules of the Vendée Globe.
With supporting screenshots, there was mention of exchanges with an outside person regarding the weather.
Which is strictly prohibited since, according to the regulations, “the skipper undertakes to sail alone, to face all events alone”.
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Clarisse Crémer reacted on her social networks: “I never cheated, I never had any desire to break a rule during this 87-day world tour.
During these exchanges, which essentially concern the intimacy of a couple, Tanguy never gives me the slightest information that I do not already have.
No conversation with him contributed to me changing course or making a strategic choice that would have had an impact on my race.
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The international jury will be chaired by Georges Priol.
The verdict will be final.
And if the sanction can go as far as disqualification from the 2021 Vendée Globe for Clarisse Crémer, the jury can also decide to impose a warning, a penalty or to dismiss the event without further action.
The skipper and Tanguy Le Turquais should also appear before the FFV disciplinary committee in the coming weeks.