I\nneither, even if I am perfectly aware that I have\nachieved things that the general public can describe as out of the ordinary. I know that\nwhere I come from, and the people around me allow me to stay in some\nsomething stable. At the beginning of the year, I won a significant victory and\nvery symbolic, but everything was not always so simple. So I try to\nto learn not to get carried away with the media madness, not to forget my\ndifficulties of the past and to think about the future. When everything works, it is\nimportant to take advantage of it, but never forget that we don’t know what to do with it.\nwhat the future is made of.<\/p>\n\n
What is your\ntraining for a race such as the Vend\u00e9e Globe?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n We are not experts in any particular field. You have to learn to do everything, because in the Vend\u00e9e Globe, we are alone on the boat. Living alone is the first thing you have to learn. Preparing for a solo race around the world takes more than two years of work: training on the water to master the boat perfectly, but also on land to prepare the body and sleep. On a solo race, the nights do not last eight hours; sleep is cut off every hour.<\/p>\n\n You have traveled 45,000\nalone at sea and left your family for 74 days. What is your relationship to\nloneliness?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n I\nI am transcended by the idea of taking up such a challenge. I like the stories of\nquest, like Lord of the Rings or Star Wars. I immerse myself in a universe\nof a character going on an adventure. On the boat, my goal is to arrive\nto the end, and to win. So finally, the solitude does not weigh me down. I know where\nI’m going, I’m prepared. And I also know that it is important to me,\nfor my balance, to find myself alone in front of this natural element that is the\nsea. Nevertheless, beyond this loneliness, it is especially the distance with my\nfamily that is difficult to live with. Loneliness is a state, but my family is\na lack.<\/p>\n\n Your relationship to the\nsea?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n It\nis vital. I find it very difficult to live away from the sea for long. Navigate\nrepresents for me an authentic feeling of freedom. I am more comfortable\non the bridge than on the land. Besides, I easily find the\nway to take on the sea, while in the city, I am not really at\ncomfortable.<\/p>\n\n Have you ever fallen for\nof a race?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n It\nI have experienced moments of doubt. During the Vend\u00e9e Globe, this winter,\nI had problems with a sail. I believed, for several hours,\nthat everything was going to stop. In 2014, it was a hand injury that made me\nforced to withdraw from the Route du Rhum, for which I was the favorite. Psychologically,\nit was not easy.<\/p>\n\n Do you instill in your\nchildren of the rules of life that your experience of solo racing will help you to understand.\nlearn?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n I try to\nnot to make a parallel between my life as a sailor and my private life. But a\none thing is certain, however: single-handed racing confronts us with\nsituations that allow us to take a step back from the reality of our lives.\nthings. On a boat, you have to go to the essential. And this is a point that\nI try to teach my children.<\/p>\n\n Do you pass on your\npassion?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Yes, but without forcing it. Sailing must be a pleasure, which for them means cruising or optimist sailing in the summer at the sailing school. I’m not the kind of father who pushes them to compete all the time, and besides, it’s not their favorite sport.<\/p>\n\n In 2019, you will\nto sail around the world in a multihull. What are the challenges of such a\ncrossing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n It is\nboat is very different from a monohull. It is twice as big: 32\nmeters long, 23 meters wide. It goes much faster. The navigation is\ntherefore fundamentally different and, therefore, the preparation as well. To\nthe experience is similar: it is a world tour, which\nshould last two short months. It’s always a challenge! By the\nAfterwards, I think of doing other world tours, but with a crew… <\/p>\n\n Would you like to live\nelsewhere than in Brittany ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Sometimes,\nyes, but in periods… In an ideal life, I would like to live three or four\nmonths of the year in a sunny region. But with the constraints of the\ndaily life, it is not possible (laughs).<\/p>\n\n Did a trip\nparticularly marked?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n A\nthree weeks trip to the Marquesas Islands. I discovered a magical place and\nall these islands fascinated me. My stay was mainly punctuated by meetings\nand reunions, like the one with my great uncle who lived there. <\/p>\n\n Your next\ntrip?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n It\nwill be a family affair. My wife and I want to take our children to Asia.\nI travel a lot by boat but I don’t know this part of the world. And I\nheard a lot of good things… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Passionate sailing since his early childhood, Armel Le Cl\u00e9ac’h developed a taste for competition later, when he won the Solitaire du Figaro in 2003. 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