Franck Cammas (born 22 December 1972 in

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) is a French yachtsman. He has lived in Brittany since his victory in the Challenge Espoir Crédit Agricole in 1994. After completing a two-year maths course for the ‘

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’, as well as a piano academy, Franck Cammas finally opted for a career in sailing. In 1997, at the age of 24, he won the

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and a year later helmed his first

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christened ''

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''. Despite his late entry into competition, he is one of the most talented and respected sailors in the

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world. Later, Cammas was skipper of the trimaran ''Groupama 2'', with which he won five ORMA championships. His last trimaran, the ''

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'' was designed to break ocean racing records. ''Groupama 2'' holds the record for being the fastest yacht in a

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race and ''Groupama 3'' once broke

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, which she held for nearly two years. In 2010, became testimonial and tester of technical sportswear for SLAM, Italian company producer of sailing technical sportswear. After winning

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and the Jules Verne Trophy in 2010, Cammas has switched from multihull to monohull racing and won the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race with the Open 70 ''

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''. Cammas is involved in the 2017 America's Cup as a skipper for

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. Cammas is the father of two girls and practices other sports including skiing, boardsports and cycling.

Race wins

*Winner of the Formula 18 St Barths Cata Cup in 2013 *Winner of the Nacra 17 French Elite Championship in 2013 at La Rochelle *Winner of the French Match Racing Championship in 2013 *Winner of the International C Class Catamaran Championship (Little America's Cup) in 2013 *Winner of the

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in 2013 *Winner of the Volvo Ocean race 2011-2012 *Overall winner of the 2010 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland race, on Groupama 70 (Open 70 ft monohull) *Winner of the

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in 2001, 2003 and 2007 *Winner of the

2010 aboard ''

'', ultimate category *Winner of the Transat Québec-Saint-Malo in 2000 *Winner of all the ORMA Grands prix in 2005 and 2006 *5 ORMA World Champion titles (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2007) *2 Fico-Lacoste

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of skippers titles (2000 and 2004) *1 Multi-Cup (2006)

title *Winner of the

in 1997 *Winner of the Trophée Clairefontaine (2000, 2006 and 2009) *Winner of the Spi Ouest-France 2007 in Open 7.50 *Winner of the

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(Lake Geneva) 2008, aboard ''Zebra 7'' (D35) *Vice world champion of

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2008

Records

(

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s ORMA): 10 days 38 minutes and 43 seconds with an average speed of 19,18 knots (2007).Official Transat Jacques-Vabre website
* North Atlantic crossing (east to west) also called the "discovery route" (

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): 7 days 10 hours 58 minutes and 53 seconds (1 May 2007) *

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: 1 day 11 hours 5 minutes and 20 seconds (4 June 2007) *

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: 794 miles (average: 33.08 knots) (20 July 2007) >> ''A record held from 21 July 2007 to 1 August 2009'' * North Atlantic crossing (west to east): 4 days 3 hours 57 minutes 54 seconds (23 July 2007) >> ''A record held from 24 July 2007 to 2 August 2009'' *Round Britain and Ireland, on monohull, in 5 days 21 hours 26 minutes and 55 seconds. (23–29 August 2010) * Mediterranean crossing record ( Marseilles -

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): 17 hours 08 minutes and 23 seconds (15/16 May 2009) >> ''A record held from 16 May 2009 to 15 May 2010'' *

: in 48 days 07 hours 44 minutes 52 seconds, 20 March 2010, a record held for nearly two years.

References

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