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Loïck Peyron
Loïck Peyron (born 1 December 1959 in Nantes) is a French yachtsman, younger brother of the yachtsman Bruno Peyron. He is particularly famous for winning many races in the 1990s on board his trimaran ''Fujicolor''. Among his notable achievements, he won the ORMA Championship four times in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2002, the STAR transatlantic race three times, the transat Jacques Vabre twice and won the Jules Verne Trophy in 2012. After Benjamin de Rothschild gave him control of the Gitana Team in April 2006, the team built '' Gitana Eighty'', a 60 feet monohull, launched in July 2007 with which Loick Peyron won the Transat. On 9 December 2008, he began his participation in the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe with '' Gitana Eighty''. After having led the race for 16 days, ''Gitana Eightys mast broke. In 2010, Peyron sailed in the 33rd America's Cup as part of the Alinghi Team, in the roles of 'floater' in race 1 and relief helmsman in race 2. Alinghi were defeated by the American chal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabitants (2018). With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms one of the main north-western French metropolitan agglomerations. It is the administrative seat of the Loire-Atlantique department and the Pays de la Loire region, one of 18 regions of France. Nantes belongs historically and culturally to Brittany, a former duchy and province, and its omission from the modern administrative region of Brittany is controversial. Nantes was identified during classical antiquity as a port on the Loire. It was the seat of a bishopric at the end of the Roman era before it was conquered by the Bretons in 851. Although Nantes was the primary residence of the 15th-century dukes of Brittany, Rennes became the provincial capital aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franck Cammas
Franck Cammas (born 22 December 1972 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French yachtsman. He has lived in Brittany since his victory in the Challenge Espoir Crédit Agricole in 1994. After completing a two-year maths course for the ‘Grandes écoles’, as well as a piano academy, Franck Cammas finally opted for a career in sailing. In 1997, at the age of 24, he won the Solitaire du Figaro and a year later helmed his first trimaran christened '' Groupama''. Despite his late entry into competition, he is one of the most talented and respected sailors in the Ocean Racing Multihull Association world. Later, Cammas was skipper of the trimaran ''Groupama 2'', with which he won five ORMA championships. His last trimaran, the ''Groupama 3'' was designed to break ocean racing records. ''Groupama 2'' holds the record for being the fastest yacht in a transat Jacques Vabre race and ''Groupama 3'' once broke Jules Verne Trophy, which she held for nearly two years. In 2010, became testimonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Race (yachting Race)
The Race was a round-the-world sailing race that started in Barcelona, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , ..., on December 31, 2000. The race was created by Bruno Peyron, and it was the first ever non-stop, no-rules, no-limits, round-the-world sailing event, with a $2 million US prize. The stated objectives of this race were: * to unite the different maritime cultures of the world * to gather together the world's premiere yachtsmen and women in a common event * to promote creativity in ocean sailing * to ally high technology and the environment * to create the most spectacular and most prestigious fleet of offshore racers that sailing has ever seen A second race was planned for 2004, but was cancelled amid controversy that Tracy Edwards had organised a competing e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
