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L'Esprit D'équipe
''L'Esprit d'équipe'' (also ''33 Export'', ''Esprit de Liberté'') is a yacht. She won her class in the 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Lionel Péan. She had earlier competed in the 1981–82 Whitbread Round the World Race as ''33 Export'' but lost her mast in the Southern Ocean and did not finish the race. References {{DEFAULTSORT:L'Esprit d'equipe Volvo Ocean Race yachts Sailing yachts of France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Péan
Lionel Péan (born 17 September 1956 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) is a French sailor (sport), sailor who won the Whitbread Round the World Race and the 1983 Solitaire du Figaro solo race. Péan skippered ''L'Esprit d'équipe'' in the 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race. The boat won three of the four legs and won the race with a corrected time of 111 days 23 hours. At age 29, he was the youngest winning skipper in the race’s history. He competed in a legends regatta before the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race with the same crew, and again won the regatta. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pean, Lionel 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint-Germain-en-Laye French male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors 20th-century French sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volvo Ocean Race Yachts
The Volvo Group (; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses and construction equipment, Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems and financial services. In 2016, it was the world's second-largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks with its subsidiary Volvo Trucks. Volvo was founded in 1927. Initially involved in the automobile industry, Volvo expanded into other manufacturing sectors throughout the twentieth century. Automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars, also based in Gothenburg, was part of AB Volvo until 1999, when it was sold to the Ford Motor Company. Since 2010 Volvo Cars has been owned by the automotive company Geely Holding Group. Both AB Volvo and Volvo Cars share the Volvo logo and cooperate in running the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden. The corporation was first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
