Benoît Parnaudeau

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Benoît Parnaudeau
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NationalityFrench
Born (1972-07-14) 14 July 1972 (age 48)
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Benoit Parnaudeau (born 14 July 1972) is a Canadian-born French sailor. [1]

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Biography

He was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, but grow up living in La Rochelle, and has a bachelor's degree in mathematics.

He has been heavily involved in the offshore scene before getting his break as a skipper as he prepared boats of Isabelle Autissier, Christophe Auguin, Didier Munduteguy and more.

He completed in the 2004-2005 Vendee Globe. [2]

In 2005 he built a Class 40 for the Route du Rhum called Bio-Forer planning Gardens. He finished 14th in class. [3]

Career Highlights

YearPosRaceClassBoat NameNotesRef.
199717Mini Transat Mini Transat 6.50
19988Triangle of the Sun
20012mini Fastnet Mini Transat 6.50 Good Foot - Good Eye
20012Transgascogne
20018Mini-Pavois Mini Transat 6.50
200111Transat 6.5 Mini Transat 6.50
20033Mini Fastnet Mini Transat 6.50
20038Atlantic Challenge
200510 2004-2005 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 Max Havelaar/Best Western
200614 Route du Rhum Class 40Bio-Forer planning Gardens
20072Les Sables-Madeère-Les SablesJardins Bio-Proserwith Jean-Christophe Caso
200721000 Miles Brittany FerriesBio-ForecastIng Doubles Gardenswith Jean-Christophe Caso
2007212007 Transat Jacques-Vabre Class40 Jardins Bio-Proserwith Jean-Christophe Caso
20088Artemis Transat Class40 Bio-Forer planning Gardens
2008RETHalifax Marblehead Class40 Bio-Forecast Gardenswith Ann Mai Do Chi,
Isis Parnaudeau,
Peter Dowd
[3]
20085Transat Québec-Saint-Malo Class40 Bio-Forerate Gardens
2008RET1000 Miles Brittany Ferries Class40 Bio-Foreration Gardenswith Nicolas Boidevezi
20099LES SABLES - HORTA - LES SABLES Class40 Bio-Foreration Gardenswith Jean SAUCET [3]
2009ABNLA SOLIDAIRE DU CHOCOLAT Class40 Bio-Foreration Gardenswith Stanislas MASLARD [3]
20106RECORD SNSM Class40 Bio-Foreration Gardens [3]
20119RECORD SNSM Class40 Bio-Foreration Gardenswith Xavier HILL [3]
2011ROLEX FASTNET RACE Class40 Bio-Foreration Gardenswith Bernard AVERTY,
Arthur CHABERNAUD,
Ricardo DINIZ
[3]
2012LA SOLIDAIRE DU CHOCOLAT Class40 Bio-Foreration Gardenswith Benoit JOUANDET [3]
2012TRANSAT QUEBEC - SAINT MALO Class40 Bio-Foreration Gardenswith Christophe LEBAS,
Salvatore IANNELLO,
Renaud CHAVARRIA
[3]

Reference

  1. "Benoit PARNAUDEAU - Class40". www.class40.com.
  2. "STOP PRESS: Benoit PARNAUDEAU (FRA) On Max Havelaar Best Western Finishes Tenth". sailing.org.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Class40". www.class40.com.

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