Raphaël Dinelli is a French professional offshore

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

born on 13 May 1968 in Floirac,

Gironde Gironde ( US usually, , ; oc, Gironda, ) is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1,62 ...

. He unofficially took part in the 1996-1997 Vendee Globe where he was rescued by

Pete Goss Pete Goss, MBE (born 22 December 1961) is a British yachtsman who has sailed more than . A former Royal Marine, he is famous for his pioneering project Team Philips. He was invested in the Legion d'Honneur for saving fellow sailor Raphaël Din ...

after his boat sank in the Indian Ocean and he was in a liferaft dropped by an

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plane. He went on to sail with Goss in the 1997 edition of the two person transatlantic race Transat Jacques Vabre where they won their class. He then went on to compete in the

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

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editions of the Vendee Globe. In 2007, he founded the Ocean Vital Foundation, of which he is the director of research.

Gallery

File:Algimouss au départ du Vendée Globe 1996-1997.jpg, File:Dinelli-skipper.jpg, Departure of Vendée Globe 2008/2009 File:Dinelli-skipper02.jpg, Departure of Vendée Globe 2008/2009 File:Eolienne_verticale_02.jpg, "Fondation Océan Vital" File:Panneaux solaires.jpg, "Fondation Océan Vital" File:Eraole 01.jpg, Le Carré d'Eraole réunit toutes les technologies développées par la Fondation Océan Vital.

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Vital Ocean Foundation
1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Gironde French male sailors (sport) IMOCA 60 class sailors French Vendee Globe sailors 2000 Vendee Globe sailors 2004 Vendee Globe sailors 2008 Vendee Globe sailors Vendée Globe finishers Single-handed circumnavigating sailors {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub