Raphaël Dinelli (born in Floirac, Gironde) 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. While the term ''sailor'' ...

. He took part in the 1996-1997 Vendee Globe where he was rescued by Pete Goss after his boat sank in the Indian Ocean and he was in a liferaft dropped by an Australian Air Force plane. He was racing unofficially as the organisers ruled he had insufficient experience. 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

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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 60 ...

and

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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
Living people Sailors (sport) 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 Year of birth missing (living people) {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub