Pascal Bidegorry (born 15 January 1968, in Bayonne) is a French sailor.

Life

He has raced across the Atlantic Ocean over 30 times and has set records in many classes. He has won the

Solitaire du Figaro The Solitaire du Figaro, previously called the Course de l'Aurore, is a solo multi-stage sailing race created in 1970 by Jean-Louis Guillemard and . The unique character of the race, the presence of great solo sailors and its being open to amateu ...

and the

Transat Jacques Vabre The Transat Jacques Vabre is a yachting race that follows the historic coffee trading route between France and Brazil. It is named after (and sponsored by) a French brand of coffee. The course was drawn up back in 1993 to follow in the wake of ...

; apart from several championships in the ORMA,

IMOCA IMOCA or iMOCA may refer to: * Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art * International Monohull Open Class Association * IMOCA 50, a former 50ft racing yacht class * IMOCA 60 The IMOCA ("Open 60"), is a 60ft development class monohull sailing ...

MOD 70 The Multi One Design 70 (MOD 70) is a multihull one-design yacht A yacht is a sailing or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intende ...

and Décision 35 circuits. Besides, he has six French and World Championship titles under his belt. He joined Team Banque Populaire in 2004 as skipper of the ''Banque Populaire III'' trimaran. From February 2010 to April 2011, he was skipper of

Banque Populaire V ''Banque Populaire V'', (now renamed ''Spindrift 2'') is an offshore-racing trimaran which was originally run by Team Banque Populaire. It was Team Banque Populaire's fifth boat designed to set oceanic records. She was launched on 4 October 20 ...

, the world's largest ocean racing trimaran at in length and campaigned the yacht in breaking ocean racing records. He was the navigator onboard

Dongfeng Race Team ''Dongfeng Race Team'' was a Chinese sponsored Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished third in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Charles Caudrelier and then went on to win the 2017-2018 edition, which started in Alicante, Spain, and ended i ...

in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, and again in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race, when Dongfeng won the race by just 30 minutes at the end of the final leg, having not won a single leg beforehand, following a three-way tie with

Team Brunel ''Team Brunel'' is a Volvo Ocean 65 yacht. She finished 3rd in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race skippered by Bouwe Bekking and navigated by Andrew Cape. She finished second in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, also skippered by Bouwe Bekking. Th ...

and

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. He was co-skipper of the 100 ft trimaran ''MACIF'' in the 2015

, together with Francois Gabart. They won the race from Le Havre (France) to Itajaí (Brazil) after 12 days 17hrs 29min 27sec sailing at an average speed of 17.68 knots for the theoretical course of 5,400 nm (10,000 km).

Sailing career

*2000: **Winner

**2nd French Championship single-handed. **3rd Transat Ag2r. Winner of the first leg. *2001: **3rd

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**Winner multihull world championship **Winner French Mumm30 championship *2002: **2nd

**Winner Grand Prix de Fécamp ORMA 60 **Winner Grand Prix de Lorient ORMA 60 **Winner French Figaro championship (crewed) **Participation in the Volvo Ocean Race (Auckland/Rio) on ''SEB'' * 2003: **4th

**6th

*2004: **2nd

Transat Ag2r The La Transat en Double formally known as the Transat AG2R is a two person transatlantic race which is held biannually in one design Beneteau Figaro boats. The present iteration being the Beneteau Figaro 3. Winners Editions 1992 1994 199 ...

*2005: **Winner 2005

on ORMA multihull. **Winner IB Group Challenge (Lorient - Nice). *2006: **2nd

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 Metropolitan France (french: France métropolitaine or ''la Mé ...

, in the ORMA 60 multihulls *2007: **3rd Transat Jacques Vabre in ORMA 60. Set speed record for 60 foot multihull with 667 nm in 24 hours *2009: ** Transatlantic record W to E, Ambrose Light – Lizard Point (crewed), as skipper on ''

'', in 3 days, 15 hours, 25 minutes and 48 seconds, with an average speed of . ** 24 hours distance record as skipper on 131 ft trimaran ''

'', with a day's run of at an average speed of .WSSRC 24 hours distance records
/ref> *2010: **Marseille to Carthage record (455 nm), as skipper on ''Banque Populaire V'', in 14h 20m and 34s at an average speed of 32 knots. *2011: **Attempt at the Trophée Jules Verne with the Maxi ''Banque Populaire V'' *2012: **1st in Spi Ouest France on ''Safran'' **1st in the Krys Ocean Race on the MOD 70 ''Spindrift Racing'' **Winner Multi One Championship (MOD 70) **2nd in the Tour of Europe (MOD 70) *2013: **2nd Transat Jacques Vabre, on IMOCA 60 ''Safran'' with Marc Guillemot. *2014 - 2015: **3rd 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, with

, as navigator. *2015: **Winner

, with François Gabart on 100 ft trimaran ''MACIF''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bidegorry, Pascal French male sailors (sport) Living people 1968 births Sportspeople from Bayonne Volvo Ocean Race sailors