Personal information | |
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Nickname | Cali |
Nationality | French |
Born | Nantes | 20 July 1972
Sailing career | |
Class | IMOCA 60 |
Arnaud Boissières (born 20 July 1972) is a French professional offshore sailor. [1] [2] [3] Boissières is the first sailor to start and finish four consecutive Vendée Globe races. [4]
Damien Seguin is a French sailor. He is a paralympic champion and was a nominee for World Sailing - World Sailor of the Year Awards. With sailing no longer on the Paralympic agenda, he has pursued offshore yacht racing, competing in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe, a solo round-the-world race.
The 2020–2021 Vendée Globe was a non-stop round the world yacht race for IMOCA 60 class yachts crewed by only one person. It was the ninth edition of the race, which started and finished in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. The race began on 8 November 2020, with the first finishers completing the course on 27 January 2021 with the 25th and final yacht to complete the race arrived on 5 March 2021.
Kevin Escoffier is a French professional sailor born on 4 April 1980 in Saint-Malo, France and a resident of Lorient. He is an offshore sailor who has won the 2018 Volvo Ocean Race as a bowman onboard DongFeng and competed in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe aboard PRB. In 2022-23, he initially skippered Holcim-PRB in The Ocean Race, before leaving the team amid a sexual misconduct probe. He is a member of the yacht club SN Baie St. Malo.
Jérémie Beyou is a French professional offshore sailor born on 27 June 1976 in Landivisiau (Finistère). He is a member of C N Lorient Sailing Club.
Charlie Dalin is a French offshore sailor. He placed second in the quadrennial Vendée Globe race around the world that took place in 2020–2021, with a time of 80 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes and 47 seconds. He covered 28,268 nautical miles at a race average of 14.67 knots. He has a Naval Architecture degree from the University of Southampton.
Clarisse Crémer is a French professional sailor. She is an offshore sailor having competed extensively in the Figaro class before progressing to the IMOCA 60.
Armel Tripon is a French sailor who finished 11th in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe, sailing the first Scow-influenced IMOCA designed by first-time designer Samual Manard and built by Black Pepper Yachts.
Romain Attanasio is a French sailor born on 26 June 1977 in Hautes-Alpes and now resides in Trégunc. He is the winner of the RORC Caribbean 600 race in 2015. He competed in the 2016–2017 Vendée Globe and 2020–2021 Vendée Globe, where he finished 15th and 14th, respectively. He has a son, Ruben, with his ex-partner, fellow professional offshore sailor Samantha Davies
Clément Giraud is a French professional offshore sailor.
Alexia Barrier is a French sailor who competed in the 2020–2021 Vendee Globe. Competing with the oldest boat in the fleet and only securing sufficient funding months before the start, she completed the race in 111 days, 17 hours, 03 minutes.
Giancarlo Pedote is an Italian professional sailor born on 26 December 1975 in Florence, Italy.
Sébastien Destremau is a professional sailor and sailing journalist of both French and Australian nationality.
The 2016–2017 Vendée Globe was a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 60 class yachts and the eighth edition of the race.
The 2012–2013 Vendée Globe was a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 60 class yachts and the seventh edition of the race.
The 2008–2009 Vendée Globe was a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 60 class yachts and the sixth edition of the race.
Yann Eliès is a French professional sailor. He competed in the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe where he was evacuated from his yacht south of Australia after being incapacitated due to a fractured femur. He returned for the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe, finishing 5th.
Christophe Fourcault de Pavant, also known as Kito de Pavant, is a French sailor.
Paul Meilhat is a French sailor and navigator. He was a high level 49er dinghy sailor with Olympic aspirations before moving into offshore sailing. From 2015 to the end of 2018 he was skipper of the IMOCA 60 - SMA and competed in the Vendée Globe.
The IMOCA 60 Class yacht PRB 4 was designed by Farr Yacht Design and launched in September 2006 after being assembled by CDK Technologies based in Lorient, France. The boat is a sister ship to Foncia, which was launched in May 2007.
The IMOCA 60 Class yacht Paprec-Virbac 2 was designed by Farr Yacht Design, assembled by Southern Ocean Marine based in New Zealand and then shipped to France where it was launched in 2007. The boat is a sister ship to Gitana 80, also built by the same builder from the same moulds.