 Start of 2018 Route du Rhum | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Munich |
| Nationality | German French |
| Born | 27 January 1977 Munich, Germany |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | IMOCA 60 |
Isabelle Joschke is an offshore sailor of dual German and French nationality. She was born on 27 January 1977 in Munich, Germany.
She has a German father and a French mother and therefore has dual nationality. Her childhood was spent in both Geneva and Paris. She discovered sailing at the age of five, sailing an Optimist on a family holiday on the lakes of Austria. Fifteen years later, she did an internship in the Glénans, which definitely communicated her taste for the wide. [1] [2]
She has a master's degree in classical literature at the Sorbonne.
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She competed in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe IMOCA 60 onboard MACSF. [3] [4] She had to retire from the race while approaching cape horn due to keel RAM failure. [5]
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The IMOCA 60 Class yacht Sill-Veolia, FRA 29 was designed by Marc Lombard and launched in the 26 April 2004 after being built JMV based in Cherbourg, France.
The IMOCA 60 Class yacht MACSF was designed by Lauriot-Prévost and G. Verdier and launched in the August 2007 after being built by Chantier Naval de Laros in France.
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