 Patrice
Carpentier
French
Age: 54
Situation: Married, four children
Boat:
VM Matériaux – 1999 Nivelt design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: Third time (in 1989
he had no official placing, in 2001 finished 11th and first 50 footer)
Sailing achievements
2004 - AG2R Transat: 12th with Philippe Massu
2000/01 - Vendée Globe: 11th on VM Matériaux, 1st in
the fifty footers
1992 - AG2R Transat: 6th with Marc Thiercelin
1990 - Route du Rhum: 17th on Sarthe Compétition
1989/90 - Vendée Globe not positioned (stopped in the Falklands)
on Nouvel Observateur
1986 - Route du Rhum: retired on Brioches Mary
1982 - Transmed: 1st on Freetime
Route du Rhum: 1st in the series class on Sunshine 38 Jeanneau Spra
2
1980/90 - Figaro single-handed event, 8th in 1990
1977/78 - Whitbread on Gauloises II
1973/74 - Whitbread: 3rd on Grand Louis, 1st Frenchman home
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 Jean-Pierre
Dick
French
Age: 39
Situation: Single
Boat: Virbac-Paprec – 2003 Farr design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: None
Sailing achievements
2003 - aboard Virbac (Farr design)
The Transat: capsize and dismasting
Le 1,000 milles de Calais: 3rd
Defi Atlantique: dismasted and made it home under jury rig
Transat Jacques Vabre: 1st (with Nicolas Abiven)
2002 - aboard Virbac (ex-PRB)
Route du Rhum: Forced to retire, when he dismasted
Giraglia Rolex Cup: 1st in the 60-foot Open class
Marseilles Grand Prix: 1st in the 60-foot Open class
Larmor Grand Prix: 2nd in the 60-foot Open class
2001 - Spi Ouest France: 1st in a Mumm 30
Tour de France a la Voile: 1st in a Mumm 30
2000 - Key West Race: 1st
National Melges 24: 1st
1998 - European J/24 runner-up
1995 - Spi Ouest France: 1st
1994 - Spi Ouest France: 1st
1993 - European Champion First Class 8
1992 - Spi Ouest France: 1st
Tour de France a la Voile with Jimmy Pahun: 1st
1989 - Spi Ouest France: 1st
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 Raphaël
Dinelli
French
Age: 36
Situation: Married, one child
Boat:
1996 Nandor Fa design
Previous Vendée Globe
Challenges
Third time (shipwrecked in 1996-97 and eliminated in 2000-01)
2000 - Took part in the Vendée Globe (damaged. Not placed)
1998 - Rum Race: 3rd (beat the record for the distance covered in
24 h by a monohull)
1997 - Transat Jacques Vabre: 1st 50-foot monohull
1996 - Took part in the Vendée Globe (shipwrecked in the Southern
Seas)
1995 - Figaro single-handed event: 10th
1993 - Figaro single-handed event: overall 2nd Newcomer
1990 - French First Class 8 Championships: 1st
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 Mike
Golding
British
Age: 44
Situation: Married, 1 child
Boat: Ecover – 2003 Owen Clarke design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: Second time
2004 - Aboard (new) Ecover
Sailing achievements
The Transat: 1st
Le 1000 milles de Calais: 2nd
2003 - Aboard (new) Ecover
Calais Round Britain Race: 3rd
Transat Jacques Vabre: 3rd
Défi Atlantique: 1st
2002 - Aboard (original) Ecover (now skippered by Conrad Humphries
as Hellomoto)
Route du Rhum: 2nd
2001 Transat Jacques Vabre: 2nd (with Marcus Hutchinson)
EDS Atlantic Challenge: 3rd
2000 - Vendée Globe: 7th (aboard Team Group 4)
Europe1 New Man Star (now known as The Transat): 3rd
1999 Transat Jacques Vabre: 3rd
1998/99 - Around Alone, winner of the first leg before being forced
to retire
1998 - Atlantic Alone: 2 nd
1996/97 - BT Global Challenge (crewed round the world against winds
and currents with stopovers): 1st
1993/94 - Single-handed round the world against winds and currents
record in 161 days
1991/92 - British Steel Challenge (crewed round the world against
winds and currents with stopovers): 2nd
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Conrad Humphreys
British
Age: 31
Situation: Married
Boat: Hellomoto – 1998 Finot design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: None
Sailing achievements
2004 - Aboard Hellomoto The Transat: 5th
2003 - Transat Jacques Vabre (with Paul Larsen): 1st
50ft monohull Rolex Fastnet: 1st
2002 - Rum Race (lost his mast - retired)
2001 - EDS Atlantic Challenge (with Mike Golding): 3rd
BT Global Challenge: 1st
1993/1994 - Whitbread aboard ‘Odessa’
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 Sébastien
Josse
French
Age: 29
Situation: Single
Boat: VMI – 1998 Finot – Conq design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: None
2004 - Aboard VMI The Transat: 8th
2003 - Aboard VMI Rolex Fastnet Race: 1st in the Open 60 class for
monohulls
Transat Jacques Vabre: 5th with Isabelle Autissier
Calais Round Britain Race: 6th
Defi Atlantique (Qualification for the Vendée Globe): 4th
2002 - Co-holder of the Jules Verne Trophy aboard the Orange I maxi
catamaran skippered by Bruno Peyron in 64 days 8 hours 37 mins and
24 seconds
Route du Rhum: Retired after dismasting, aboard VMI
2001 - In the Figaro Bénéteau Championship: 2nd
Tour of Corsica: 1st with Erwan Tabarly
Solitaire du Figaro: 2nd
Tour de Bretagne: 3rd
Generali Mediterranee: 3rd
Banque Privée Européenne Trophy (Saint-Nazaire-Dakar):
4th
2000 - French single-handed ocean racing championships: 5th
Route du Ponant: 1st
1999 - 4th in the first stage of the Mini Transat French single-handed
ocean racing championships: 10th
1998 - 2nd newcomer in the Figaro single-handed event Winner of the
French single-handed Young Hopefuls Championship
1997 - Winner of the Crédit Agricole single-handed Young Hopefuls
Challenge
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 Roland
Jourdain
French
Age: 40
Situation: Married, two children
Boat: Sill Véolia – 2004 Marc Lombard design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: Second
time (3rd in 2000/01)
Sailing achievements
2003 - Aboard Sill Course du Nouveau Monde: 1st
Calais Round Britain Race: 2nd
Transat Jacques Vabre: 2nd
2002 - Aboard Sill Quiberon and Marseilles Grand Prix: 1st
Regatta Rubicon : 1st Route du Rhum: 4th
2001 - Aboard Sill World Champion IMOCA class MMA Transat Jacques
Vabre with Gaël Le Cléac´h: 1st
Vendée Globe: 3rd EDS Challenge: 2nd
2000 - Europe 1 New Man Star(now called The Transat): 2 nd (Aboard
Sill)
1999 - Transat Jacques Vabre: 4th (Aboard Sill)
1998 - Figaro single-handed event: 5 th
1997 - Transat Jacques Vabre on Banque Populaire: 4th
Figaro single-handed event: 6th
1996 - Figaro single-handed event: 6th
1995 - Transat Jacques Vabre on Région Haute Normandie with
Paul Vatine: 1st
1994 - AG2R Transat: 1st (with Jean Le Cam)
Figaro single-handed event: 3rd
1993 - Europe Race on Fujicolor: 1st
1992 - AG2R Transat: 3rd
1991 - Europe Race on RMO: 1st
1989 - European and World Champion in Formula 40 Whitbread on Fazisi
1985 - Whitbread with Eric Tabarly on Côte d’Or
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 Hervé
Laurent
French
Age: 47
Boat: UUDS – 1994 Finot-Conq design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: Second time (3rd
in 1997)
Sailing achievements
2004 - The Transat (English transatlantic race) aboard
UUDS: 7th
2002 - Transat AG2R (Lorient-St Barth): 1st
2000 - Transat Quebec-St Malo: 4th
1999 - Transat Jacques Vabre
1998 - Transat AG2R Lorient-St Barth: 4th
1997 - Vendée Globe: 3rd
1996 - Europe 1-Star English Transatlantic Race: 4th
1995 - Figaro single-handed event
1994 - Rum Race
1993 - Transat Jacques Vabre: 4th
1992 - Transat Quebec St Malo: 1st
Europe 1-Star English transatlantic race: 4th
1991 - La Baule-Dakar single-handed race Single-handed Atlantic
crossing record
1990 - Rum Race: 6th
1989 - Lorient-St Barth transatlantic pairs race
Round Europe Race: 6th
1988 - Transat Quebec-St Malo: 1st
1987 - Transat Lorient-St Pierre and Miquelon: 2nd
1985 - Round Europe: 1st
1982 - Trans-Mediterranean: 1st
Rum Race: 25th
1980 Figaro single-handed event
1979 - Aurore single-handed race
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 Jean
Le Cam
French
Age: 44
Situation: Married, two children
Boat: Bonduelle – 2004 Lombard design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: First time
Sailing achievements
2004 - Aboard the Bonduelle monohull The Calais 1,000-mile race: 1st
2003 - Aboard the Bonduelle multihull Mondial Assistance Challenge:
3rd
2002 - Aboard the Bonduelle multihull Lighthouse Race (Route des Phares):
2nd
2001 - Aboard the Bonduelle multihull Italian Grand Prix: 1st
Transat Jacques Vabre: 4th
1999 - Figaro single-handed event: 1st
1996 - AG2R Transatlantic pair race (with Florence Arthaud): 2nd
Figaro single-handed event: 1st
1994 - AG2R Transatlantic pair race (with Roland Jourdain): 1st
Figaro single-handed event: 1st
1991 - Europe Race (with Laurent Bourgnon): 1st
1988-1989 - Formula 40 world championships: 1st
1984 - Discoverers’ route (Route de la Découverte) (with
Philippe Poupon): 1st
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 Karen
Leibovici
Age: 33
Situation: Single
Boat: Benefic – 1991 Harlé-Mortain design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: None
Sailing achievements
2002 - Channel crossing record aboard Adrien with Jean-Luc
Van den Heede
2001 - Transat 6.50 (La Rochelle-Salvador de Bahia): 9th
Mini Fastnet: 1st
2000 - Mini Barcelona: 1st
Triangle du Soleil: 2nd
Cross-Channel: 1st
1999 - Mini-Transat: forced to retire due to a leak and dismasting
1998 - Estival Mini: 1st
Three transatlantic crossings, including one aboard Isabelle Autissier’s
Open 60
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 Anne
Liardet
French
Age: 43
Situation: 3 children
Boat: Roxy – 1989 Briand/Lombard design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: none
Sailing achievements
2004 - The Transat aboard Quicksilver: 12th
2003 - Atlantic Challenge: 9th
1994 - Formule 18 with Yves Pajot and the Round France Race
1990 - Rum Race on CTL
1988 - Preparation and an attempt at the New York-San Francisco via
Cape Horn record on Finistère Bretagne
1987 - 100 Miles in Concarneau on Normerel: 2nd
Half Ton Cup La Rochelle on Normerel: 9th
Figaro single-handed event on Normerel: 10th
Winner of the La Baule-Dakar pairs trophy on Normerel
1986 - Mini Fastnet on Piz Buin: 4th
Figaro single-handed event on Piz Buin (1st in her class): 24th
1985 - Mini Transat pairs with B Audrezet: 1st
Mini Transat: 10th
1984 - Route de la Découverte (Discoverers’ Race) (in
a crew) on Marie Brizard: 4th
1983 - Brest-Bermuda-Brest on Pen Duick VI
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 Nick
Moloney
Australian
Age: 36
Situation: Single
Boat: Skandia – 2000 Owen-Clarke and Humphreys design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: First time
Sailing achievements
2003 - Aboard Skandia The Transat: 4th
Atlantic Challenge: 5th
Transat Jacques Vabre: 6th with Sam Davies
Fastnet Race: 5th
2002 - Rum Race: 1st in the fifty footers in Ashfield Healthcare
Jules Verne record aboard the Orange maxi-catamaran alongside Bruno
Peyron
2001 - Transat Jacques Vabre: 3rd
EDS Atlantic Challenge: Winning co-skipper with Ellen MacArthur
2001/2000 - The Race aboard the "Playstation" maxi catamaran
1999 - Season in Mini class
1998 - Windsurfing Record for the Bass Straits crossing
1997 - Whitbread on "Toshiba" with Denis Conner
Sydney - Hobart: 1st
1995 and 1992 - America’s Cup alongside John Bertrand
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 Benoît
Parnaudeau
French-Canadian
Age: 32
Situation: Single
Boat: Max Havelaar / Charente-Maritime – 1990 Phil
Morrison design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: None
Sailing achievements
2003 - Atlantic Challenge with Colibri/Charente-Maritime (60 foot
Open): 8th
Mini-Fastnet with ‘Bon Pied Bon Œil’: 3rd
2001 - Mini-Transat season 2001 with Bon Pied Bon Œil
Mini-Pavois: 8th
Mini-Fastnet: 2nd
Transgascogne: 2nd
Transat 6.50: 11th in Salvador after losing his mast
1999 - Construction of « Bon Pied Bon Œil » (6.50
Lombard) with Richard Mérigeaux
1998 - Sun Triangle: 8th
1997 - Mini-Transat season 1997 with ‘Caliente Marcello’
Mini-Transat: 17th
1993 to 1995 - Races in a Surprise
1987-88 and 88-89 - Competitions in racing cats
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 Vincent
Riou
French
Age: 32
Situation: Married, one child
Boat: PRB – 2000 Finot /Conq design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: None
Sailing acheivements
2004 - Aboard PRB
The Transat: retired after losing his mast
The Calais 1000 miles: 4th
2003 - Aboard PRB
Calais Round Britain Race: 3rd
Fastnet Rolex Race: 2nd
Transat Jacques Vabre: 4th (with Jérémie Beyou)
Atlantic Challenge: 2nd
2002 - In a Figaro
4th AG2R Transat with Eric Drouglazet
4th Generali Mediterranean
4th Single-handed Figaro
2001 - Season on the Bonduelle multihull (skipper Jean Le Cam)
Transat Jacques Vabre with Bernard Stamm: 8th
2000 - Prepared the 60-foot PRB for Michel Desjoyeaux, the Vendée
Globe winner
1999 - Obelix Trophy in a Figaro: 1st
Member of the French Champion Figaro crew
1998 - Bénéteau 25 European Circuit: 2nd
French Champion in First Class 8
1997 - French Champion in First Class 8
1996 - Round Finistère: 1st
1st Solo Télégramme Race Mini Fastnet: 1st
French Champion in First Class 8
1994 - French Champion in Match Racing
1993 - Transat Jacques Vabre: 6th
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 Bruce
Schwab
American
Age: 44
Situation: Single
Boat: Ocean Planet – 2001 Wylie design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: None
Sailing achievements
2001/02 - Aboard Ocean Planet
Around Alone: 5th
2000 - Pacific Cup (as part of a crew): 1st
1998 - Trans-Pacific (as part of a crew): 1st
1996 - Trans-Pacific (single-handed): 1st
1994 - Farallones (single-handed): 1st
1984/2001 - Farallones (as part of a crew): five times winner
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 Norbert
Sedlacek
Austrian
Age: 42
Situation: Single
Boat: Brother – 1995 Joubert-Nivelt/Sedlacek design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: None
Sailing achievements
2004 - The Transat: 10th
2000 - IceLimit 2000 (Cape Town to Cape Town/Passoa 54)
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 Joé
Seeten
French
Age: 47
Situation: Married, two children
Boat: Arcelor Dunkerque – 1998 Finot-Conq design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: Second time
(10th in 2000-01)
Sailing achievements
2004 - Aboard Arcelor Dunkerque
Channel crossing record in 1h 02mn 49s
2003 - Aboard Arcelor Dunkerque
Calais Round Britain Race: 7th
Transat Jacques Vabre: 8th
Defi Atlantique: 6th
2002 - Aboard Arcelor Dunkerque
Route du Rhum: 3rd
2001 - Aboard Nord Pas de Calais/Chocolats du Monde
Vendée Globe Challenge: 10th
1997/98 - Single-handed Figaro Event
1989-93 - 3rd in the European Championships First Class 8
1987 - Tour de France a la Voile (Round France Sailing Race): 1st
1984 - World champion Quarter Tonner (with Bertrand Pacé)
1982 - Discovery Route (Route de la Découverte): 3rd
1981 - Twostar: 6th
1979/80/81 - 3 wins in the Tour de France a la Voile
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 Marc
Thiercelin
French
Age: 44
Situation: Married, two children
Boat: Pro-Form – 1998 Lombard design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: Third time
Sailing achievements
2004 - The Transat: 6th aboard Pro-Form AG2R Transatlantic
race,
Lorient-St Barth on a Figaro and double-handed with Eric Drouglazet:
7th
2003 - Solitaire du Figaro: 7th
2001-02 - Tour de France a la Voile aboard Cinéma Kenzo
2000-01 - Vendée Globe: 4th
1999 - Transat Jacques Vabre: 5th with Barnard Mallaret (on Somewhere)
1998-99 - Around Alone (single-handed around the world with stopovers):
2nd (on Somewhere)
1997 - Transat Jacques Vabre: 2nd with Dominique Wavre (on Somewhere)
1996-97 - Vendée Globe: 2nd on Crédit Immobilier de
France
1992-97 - On a Figaro
23 Grand Prix
5 Figaro single-handed events (92-93-94-95-97)
1st in two legs of the Solitaire du Figaro in 1994 and 1997
2 AG2R Transatlantic races 92 and 96
1st in the Cross-Channel race 93
Member of the French champion crew 94
3rd Porquerolles Mediterranean 94
4th in the Figaro in 1994 (50 boats)
5th in the Figaro in 1995 (55 boats)
1991 - A year in Mini-Transat 6.50
Victory in the Transgascogne race
Mini-Fastnet
Mini-Transat (Douarnenez - Fort de France)
1990 - Victory in the Nioulargue. 1st Transatlantic race
1988-1990 - Professional Skipper aboard Cirrus, a 15-metre racing
monohull. He used it above all for a Children’s Sailing School
and to sail between Brittany and England.
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 Alex
Thomson
British
Age: 30
Situation: Single
Boat: Hugo Boss – 1999 Lombard design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: None
Sailing achievements
2003 - World single-handed 24-hour speed record in a monohull
by covering 468 miles at an average speed of 19.5 knots
Atlantic Challenge: 3rd in the 60 foot Open AT Racing
Transat Jacques Vabre: 2nd with Roland Jourdain on the 60 foot Open
Sill Skipper for the crew of the Farr 65 ´Hugo Boss´ for
the Rolex Fastnet Race.
2000 - Europe 1 Newman Star: 3rd on Sail That Dream (50 footer)
Round Britain & Ireland Race: 1st on Sail That Dream (50 footer)
1999 - Transat Jacques Vabre: 7th with Josh Hall on Gartmore
1998-99 - Clipper Round The World Race: 1st and became the youngest
skipper to win a round the world race
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 Dominique
Wavre
Swiss
Age: 49
Boat: Temenos – 1999 Finot-Conq design
Previous Vendée Globe experience: Second time (5th
in 2000-01)
Sailing achievements
2004 - The Transat: 2nd on Temenos
2003 - Transat Jacques Vabre: 7th on Temenos with Michèle Paret
2002 - Rubicon Regatta: 4th
2000/01 - Vendée Globe: 5th on Union Bancaire Privée
2000 - Europe1 New Man Star(now known as The Transat): 5th on Union
Bancaire Privée
1999 - Tour de France a la Voile: on Ville de Genève
1998 - Transat AG2R: 2nd on Carrefour Prévention
1997 - Solitaire du Figar event: 2nd on Carrefour Prévention
Transat Jacques Vabre: 2nd on Somewhere with Marc Thiercelin
1996 - Transat AG2R: 5th on Cupidon
Solitaire du Figaro event: 9th on Lacoste
1993 - Whitbread: 2nd on Intrum Justitia
1991 - Tour de France a la Voile: 1st with Le défi Français
1990 - Solitaire du Figaro event: 2nd on Les Copains
Whitbread: 3rd on Merit
1986 - Whitbread: 1st on UBS Switzerland
1982 - 4th on Disque d’or
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