Nándor Fa (born 9 July 1953) is a Hungarian

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Biography

He first followed the family tradition from an early age and practiced wrestling but an injury forced him to change sports. This sports enthusiast then discovers kayaking and then sailing at the age of 27 years old. Passionate about sailing, he joined the Hungarian national team, sailing the Finn and Laser dinghy and also started to draw boats. As he cruised near Cape Horn on the 31-foot course he had built, he learned on Chilean radio that a solo round-the-world race with stopovers, the BOC Challenge, was passing by. This inspired him to want to participate. He sailed around the world in 700 days with Jozsef Gal between 1985 and 1987 on the ship Szent Jupat, which they had built between 1981 and 1984. Between 1988 and 1990 he built another boat, Alba Regia on which he participated in the BOC Challenge in 1990-1991 (10th in 165 days), then at the Vendée Globe in 1992-1993 (arrived 5th, after 128 days 16 hours 5 minutes and 4 seconds of racing). He departed 1996–1997 Vendée Globe aboard Budapest, a new boat he built himself, but keel damage and then a collision with a cargo ship quickly forced him to abandon. He came fourth in the 1997

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race 23 days 07 hours 12 minutes. He participated in the

2016–2017 Vendée Globe The 2016–2017 Vendée Globe was a non-stop solo round-the-world yacht race for IMOCA 60 class yachts and the eighth edition of the race. Summary The 2016 – 17 race started from Les Sables d'Olonne on 6 November 2016; was the eighth edition ...

on the boat Spirit of Hungary of which he is co-designer with Déry Attila although the boat was built by Pauger Composites in Hungary

Race result highlights

Career highlights

Gallery

File:Budapest bateau de Nandor Fa.jpg , ''Budapest'', bateau de Nándor Fa, au départ du 1996–1997 Vendée Globe File:Nandor Fa (2).jpg , Nándor Fa au départ du 1996–1997 Vendée Globe File:Spirit Of Hungary(1).jpg ,

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- Spirit of Hungary (2016) File:Arrivée de Nandor Fa aux Sables D'Olonne Lors du Vendée Globe 2016-2017 02.jpg , Arrival of Nándor in Le Sables d'Olonne of the

File:Arrivée de Nandor Fa aux Sables D'Olonne Lors du Vendée Globe 2016-2017 01.jpg , Arrival of Nándor in Le Sables d'Olonne of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fa, Nándor 1953 births Living people IMOCA 60 class sailors Hungarian male sailors (sport) Vendée Globe finishers 1992 Vendee Globe sailors 1996 Vendee Globe sailors 2016 Vendee Globe sailors Hungarian Vendee Globe sailors Single-handed circumnavigating sailors Sportspeople from Székesfehérvár 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen