Loïck Peyron (born 1 December 1959 in

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

) is a French yachtsman, younger brother of the yachtsman

Bruno Peyron Bruno Tristan Peyron (born 10 November 1955) is a French yachtsman who, along with his crew on the catamaran '' Orange II'', broke the outright round-the-world sailing record in March 2005. He was the first winner of the Jules Verne Trophy in 1 ...

. He is particularly famous for winning many races in the 1990s on board his

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''Fujicolor''. Among his notable achievements, he won the ORMA Championship four times in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2002, the STAR transatlantic race three times, the

transat Jacques Vabre The Transat Jacques Vabre is a yachting race that follows the historic coffee trading route between France and Brazil. It is named after (and sponsored by) a French brand of coffee. The course was drawn up back in 1993 to follow in the wake of ...

twice and won the

Jules Verne Trophy The Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew provided the vessel has registered with the organization and paid an entry fee. A vessel holding th ...

in 2012. After

Benjamin de Rothschild Benjamin de Rothschild (30 July 1963 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 15 January 2021 in Pregny-Chambésy, Switzerland) was a French banker, the owner of the Edmond de Rothschild Group from 1997 until his death in 2021. He was the son of Edmon ...

gave him control of the Gitana Team in April 2006, the team built '' Gitana Eighty'', a 60 feet monohull, launched in July 2007 with which Loick Peyron won the Transat.Loïck Peyron on the Gitana Team website
/ref> On 9 December 2008, he began his participation in the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe with '' Gitana Eighty''. After having led the race for 16 days, ''Gitana Eightys mast broke. In 2010, Peyron sailed in the 33rd America's Cup as part of the

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Team, in the roles of 'floater' in race 1 and relief helmsman in race 2. Alinghi were defeated by the American challenger

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. In early 2012 he won the Jules Verne Trophy in a time of 45 days 13 hours 42 minutes 53 seconds, breaking

Franck Cammas Franck Cammas (born 22 December 1972 in Aix-en-Provence) 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 ‘Grandes écoles’, ...

previous record by 2 days. In late 2012 he was asked to join

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, Challenger of Record for the 34th

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, as one of the helmsmen. He brings a great amount of knowledge and expertise of multihulls to the campaign. In November 2014, he won the

Route du Rhum The Route du Rhum is a transatlantic single-handed yacht race, which takes place every four years in November. The course is between Saint Malo, Brittany, Metropolitan France and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, overseas France. The first compet ...

single-handed transat on Banque Populaire VII maxi trimaran. He set the new record, travelling from Brittany to Guadeloupe in 7 days 15 hours 8 minutes and 32 seconds (22.93 kts average speed) and beating Lionel Lemonchois 2006 record by 2h 10mn 34s. In May 2016, he entered the

Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race The Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race (STAR) is an east-to-west yacht race across the North Atlantic. When inaugurated in 1960, it was the first single-handed ocean yacht race; it is run from Plymouth in England to Newport, Rhode Island in th ...

aboard ''Pen Duick II'', the boat sailed by

Éric Tabarly Éric Marcel Guy Tabarly was a French Navy officer and yachtsman, born 24 July 1931 in Nantes and died 13 June 1998 of drowning in the Irish Sea. He developed a passion for offshore racing very early on and won several ocean races such as the Osta ...

to win this very race in 1964.

Achievements

* 2014 ** Route du Rhum transat : Winner on Banque Populaire VII maxi trimaran. And record of the race. * 2012 ** Jules Verne Trophy on

Banque Populaire V ''Banque Populaire V'', (now renamed ''Spindrift 2'') is an offshore-racing trimaran which was originally run by Team Banque Populaire. It was Team Banque Populaire's fifth boat designed to set oceanic records. She was launched on 4 October 20 ...

in 45 days 13 hours 42 minutes 53 seconds. * 2011 ** Round the

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outright record on Banque Populaire V in 3 days, 3 hours and 49 minutes. **

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: outright record on Banque Populaire V in 1 day 8 hours 48 minutes and 46 seconds. ** Record SNSM : Winner on the multihull Banque Populaire V ** Barcelona World Race : Winner on Virbac-Paprec 3 with Jean-Pierre Dick * 2009 ** Challenge Julius Baer : Winner on ''Okalys'' (D35) * 2008 ** Record SNSM : Winner on the monohull ''Gitana Eighty'' ** the Artemis Transat : Winner on ''Gitana Eighty''.The Artemis transat website
** Spi Ouest France : Winner on Domaine du Mont d'Arbois. * 2007 ** Transat Ecover BtoB : Winner on the monohull ''Gitana Eighty'' ** Transat Jacques Vabre : 8th on ''Gitana Eighty'' with Jean-Baptiste Levaillant ** Bol d'Or du Léman : Winner on ''Okalys'' (D35) * 2006 ** Challenge Julius Baer : Winner on ''Okalys'' (D35) * 2005 ** Bol d'Or du Léman : Winner on ''Okalys'' (D35) ** Challenge Julius Baer : Winner on ''Okalys'' (D35) ** Transat Jacques Vabre : Winner together with

Jean-Pierre Dick Jean-Pierre Dick (born 8 October 1965 in Nice) is a French professional yachtsman. Biography Jean-Pierre Dick is the third of four children, his father ( Pierre-Richard Dick, founder of Virbac Laboratories). He is trained as a veterinary docto ...

on the monohull ''Virbac-Paprec'' ** Route des Iles à la voile : Winner with Dimitri Deruelle ** Trophée Clairefontaine : Winner * 2003 ** Transat Jacques Vabre : 2nd with

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on ''Belgacom'' **

Solitaire du Figaro The Solitaire du Figaro, previously called the Course de l'Aurore, is a solo multi-stage sailing race created in 1970 by Jean-Louis Guillemard and . The unique character of the race, the presence of great solo sailors and its being open to amateu ...

: 6th * 2002 ** Trophée Clairefontaine : Winner * 2001 ** Transat Jacques Vabre : 3rd on trimaran ''Fujifilm'' ** The Race : 2nd on

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. He broke the

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. * 1999 ** Trophée Clairefontaine : Winner ** Transat Jacques Vabre : 1st on the trimaran ''Fujicolor II'', with Franck Proffit ** Course de l'Europe : 1st on trimaran ''Fujicolor II'' * 1998 ** Trophée Clairefontaine : Winner ** Route du Rhum : 5th on ''Fujicolor II'' ** Course de Phares : Winner on ''Fujicolor II'' * 1997 ** Trophée Clairefontaine : Winner ** Course de l'Europe : Winner on ''Fujicolor II'' ** Transat Jacques Vabre : 3rd on ''Fujicolor II'' * 1996 ** The Europe 1 Star (Transat) : Winner on ''Fujicolor II'' ** Trophée Clairefontaine : Winner ** Transat Québec-Saint-Malo : Winner on ''Fujicolor II'' ** Grand prix de Fécamp : Winner on ''Fujicolor II'' * 1995 ** Trophée Clairefontaine : Winner ** Course de l'Europe : Winner on ''Fujicolor II'' ** Grand prix de Fécamp : Winner on ''Fujicolor II'' ** Grand prix de Saint Nazaire : Winner on ''Fujicolor II'' * 1994 ** Trophée des Multicoques : Winner on ''Fujicolor II'' ** Twostar : 2nd on ''Fujicolor II'' * 1993 ** Trophée des Multicoques : Winner on ''Fujicolor II'' ** Transat Jacques Vabre : 3rd monohull on ''Fujicolor III'' ** Course de l'Europe : Winner on ''Fujicolor II'' * 1992 ** The Europe 1 Star (Transat) : Winner on ''Fujicolor'' * 1990 ** Vendée Globe : 2nd on ''Lada Poch III'' * 1989 ** Lorient Saint Bathélemy Lorient : Winner in the monohull category. * 1988 ** Transat Québec-Saint-Malo : 2nd on ''Lada Poch II'' ** The CSTAR (Transat) : 3rd on ''Lada Poch II'' * 1987 ** La Baule-Dakar : Winner on ''Lada Poch II'' with Jacques Delorme ** GP de Boulogne (Formule 40) : 4th on ''Lada Poch'' * 1986 ** Route du Rhum : 5th on ''Lada Poch I'' ** Solitaire du Figaro : 4th on ''Lada Poch'' * 1985 ** Course de l'Europe : Winner on ''Lada Poch I'' (Class III) * 1984 ** Transat Québec-Saint-Malo : 5th, teammate of

Mike Birch Mike Birch (1 November 1931 – 26 October 2022) was a Canadian navigator. Biography Birch began sailing later in his life, but gained notoriety in the 1976 OSTAR where he came in second on a 30' trimaran "The Third Turtle" beating the 236' "CL ...

, on the catamaran '' Formule Tag'' * 1983 ** La Baule-Dakar : 4th on ''Lada Poch I'' ** Lorient — Les Bermudes — Lorient : 5th on Transat TAG Québec * 1982 ** Route du Rhum : 17th on La Baule-Teletota ** La Rochelle - New-Orleans : 9th with

on ''Jaz'' * 1981 ** La Baule-Dakar : 21st on ''Acoustique HRC'' * 1980 ** Solitaire du Figaro : Winner of the 4th stage * 1979 ** Mini Transat : 26th on ''Sogeport-Alcor''

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