H2air on board with Clarisse !
H2air on board with Clarisse !
H2air is partnering with the skipper Clarisse Crémer. The 33-year-old woman plans to participate to the Vendée Globe 2024 - a solo, non-stop and unassisted world tour - on the monohull called L'Occitane en Provence. Clarisse holds the women's record for the 2020 edition, she completed it in 87 days, 2 hours and 24 minutes.
“Beyond our mutual environmental commitments, H2air shares the cause of “Race for Equity” that Clarisse will carry all around the globe during the race,” explains Roy Mahfouz, founding president of H2air.
Race for equity
Like H2air, Clarisse is really committed to professional equity between women and men, especially since her unfortunate experience in early 2023. After giving birth to her daughter in November 2022, Clarisse was abandoned by her main sponsor, who got the impression that motherhood would prevent her from sufficient participation in races to ensure her qualification for the Vendée Globe 2024.
An episode that revealed the inequalities regarding women / men in sports, particularly sailing, where strong improvements remain to be accomplished: only 6 female skippers participated in the Vendée Globe 2020.
Clarisse therefore named her new project with L’Occitane en Provence “Race for equity”. “My personal story implies that I want to impulse change in our society so that women no longer have to choose between motherhood and a career in sports,” She explained.
Offshore development for H2air
By partnering with a nature-loving sportswoman, H2air is also strengthening its sea legs: the group intends to apply for upcoming offshore wind tenders. “This partnership illustrates the new path of H2air, namely to intensify its global footprint and diversify its portfolio,” explains Roy Mahfouz.
H2air employees became the first supporters of Clarisse Crémer, from her participation in the Défi Azimut in September (where she took 10th place with her British teammate Alan Roberts), through the Transat Jacques Vabre (where she crossed the finish line in 9th place), and for all the races before the Vendée Globe.