Pierre Follenfant is a French sailor born on 1951 in
La Rochelle
La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. With ...
. He competed in and finished the first edition of the
Vendee Globe on his boat Charente Maritime.
Before doing the race he raced extensively on his catamarans Charente Maritime 1 & 2.
References
1951 births
Living people
French male sailors (sport)
Sportspeople from La Rochelle
IMOCA 60 class sailors
French Vendee Globe sailors
1989 Vendee Globe sailors
Vendée Globe finishers
Single-handed circumnavigating sailors
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