Nándor Fa is a Hungarian
yachtsman, born on 9 July 1953 in Székesfehérvár (Hungary).
Biography
He first followed the family tradition from an early age and practiced wrestling but an injury forced him to change sports. This sports enthusiast then discovers kayaking and then sailing at the age of 27 years old. Passionate about the he joined the Hungarian national team sailing the Finn and Laser dinghy he also started to draw boats. As he cruised near Cape Horn on the 31-foot course he had built, He learned on Chilean radio that a solo round-the-world race with stopovers was passing by: the BOC Challenge this inspired him to want to participate.
He sailed around the world in 700 days with Jozsef Gal between 1985 and 1987 on the ship Szent Jupat, which they built between 1981 and 1984.
Between 1988 and 1990 he built another boat, Alba Regia on which he participated in the BOC Challenge in 1990-1991 (10th in 165 days), then at the Vendée Globe in 1992-1993 (arrived 5th, after 128 days 16 hours 5 minutes and 4 seconds of racing).
He departed
1996–1997 Vendée Globe
The 1996–1997 Vendée Globe is a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 50 and IMOCA 60 class yachts this is the third edition of the race starting on the th November 1996 from Les Sables-d'Olonne.
Summary
Another heavy-weather start ...
aboard Budapest, a new boat he built himself, but a keel damage and then a collision with a cargo ship quickly forced him to abandon2.
He came fourth in the 1997
Transat Jacques Vabre race 23 days 07 hours 12 minutes.
He participated in the
2016–2017 Vendée Globe
The 2016–2017 Vendée Globe is a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 60 class yachts this is the eighth edition of the race.
Summary
The 2016 – 17 race started from Les Sables d'Olonne on 6 November 2016; was the eighth editio ...
on the boat Spirit of Hungary of which he is co-designer with Déry Attila although the boat was built by Pauger Composites in Hungary
Race result highlights
Career highlights
Gallery
File:Budapest bateau de Nandor Fa.jpg , ''Budapest'', bateau de Nándor Fa, au départ du 1996–1997 Vendée Globe
The 1996–1997 Vendée Globe is a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 50 and IMOCA 60 class yachts this is the third edition of the race starting on the th November 1996 from Les Sables-d'Olonne.
Summary
Another heavy-weather start ...
File:Nandor Fa (2).jpg , Nándor Fa au départ du 1996–1997 Vendée Globe
The 1996–1997 Vendée Globe is a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 50 and IMOCA 60 class yachts this is the third edition of the race starting on the th November 1996 from Les Sables-d'Olonne.
Summary
Another heavy-weather start ...
File:Spirit Of Hungary(1).jpg , IMOCA 60 - Spirit of Hungary (2016)
File:Arrivée de Nandor Fa aux Sables D'Olonne Lors du Vendée Globe 2016-2017 02.jpg , Arrival of Nándor in Le Sables d'Olonne of the 2016–2017 Vendée Globe
The 2016–2017 Vendée Globe is a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 60 class yachts this is the eighth edition of the race.
Summary
The 2016 – 17 race started from Les Sables d'Olonne on 6 November 2016; was the eighth editio ...
File:Arrivée de Nandor Fa aux Sables D'Olonne Lors du Vendée Globe 2016-2017 01.jpg , Arrival of Nándor in Le Sables d'Olonne of the 2016–2017 Vendée Globe
The 2016–2017 Vendée Globe is a non-stop solo Round the World Yacht Race for IMOCA 60 class yachts this is the eighth edition of the race.
Summary
The 2016 – 17 race started from Les Sables d'Olonne on 6 November 2016; was the eighth editio ...
References
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1953 births
Living people
IMOCA 60 class sailors
Hungarian male sailors (sport)
Vendée Globe finishers
1992 Vendee Globe sailors
1996 Vendee Globe sailors
2016 Vendee Globe sailors
Hungarian Vendee Globe sailors
Single-handed circumnavigating sailors
Sportspeople from Székesfehérvár