Bertrand de Broc is a French professional sailor born on 23 September 1960 in
Quimper
Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Administration
Quimper is the prefecture (capital) of the Finistère department.
Geography
The ...
. He has long resided in
Combrit
Combrit () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.
Artists such as Lucien Simon
Lucien Joseph Simon (1861 – 1945) was a French painter and teacher born in Paris.
Early life and education
Simon was bo ...
in the
Finistère
Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090. .
He has competed in four
Vendee Globe's completing the
2012-2013 Vendée Globe in 9th place.
Personal
Bertrand de Broc has a son, Leo, born in 1996, who practices windsurfing. He is also a cousin with fellow offshore sailor
Marc Guillemot
Marc Guillemot is a French professional offshore sailor born on 25 June 1959 in Quimper
Quimper (, ; br, Kemper ; la, Civitas Aquilonia or ) is a commune and prefecture of the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Admin ...
.
Incidents at Sea
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1992-1993 Vendée Globe: abandoned in New Zealand due to structural problem of his keel, while he is in third position. During this solo race, he had to sew his tongue.
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1996-1997 Vendée Globe: capsizing three hundred miles from the finish, in the Bay of Biscay, while he was out of the race following a stop in Ushuaia to solve technical problems.
* 2002
Route du Rhum
The Route du Rhum is a transatlantic single-handed yacht race, which takes place every four years in November. The course is between Saint Malo, Brittany, Metropolitan France and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, overseas France. The first competiti ...
: abandonment off Brest, decision to stop solo sailing on trimaran following not feeling comfortable with two competitors capsizing.
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* 2012-2013 Vendée Globe: When leaving port, a collision with a boat accompanying his team causes a waterway. He is forced to turn around to repair a few minutes before departure. He left the following night and finished 9th in this race.
Sailing Highlights
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File:Bertrand de Broc 2012.jpg
File:Bertrand de Broc VG2012 (1).jpg
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File:Bertrand deBroc Antilles.jpg
References
External links
Official Website
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1960 births
Living people
French male sailors (sport)
Sportspeople from Quimper
IMOCA 60 class sailors
French Vendee Globe sailors
1992 Vendee Globe sailors
1996 Vendee Globe sailors
2012 Vendee Globe sailors
2016 Vendee Globe sailors
Vendée Globe finishers
Single-handed circumnavigating sailors