Jean-François Coste is a French sailor who competed in and completed the first
Vendee Globe in
1989
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. He gained extensive sailing experience crewing for
Eric Tabarly
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization).
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together with fellow Vendée pioneer
Philippe Poupon.
References
Living people
French male sailors (sport)
French Vendee Globe sailors
1989 Vendee Globe sailors
Vendée Globe finishers
Single-handed circumnavigating sailors
Year of birth missing (living people)
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