Paul Meilhat (born 17 May 1982) is a
French
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sailor and navigator.
He was a high level 49er dinghy sailor with Olympic aspirations before moving into offshore sailing. From 2015 to the end of 2018 he was skipper of the IMOCA 60 - SMA and competed in the
Vendée Globe
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The Vendée Globe is a single-handed (solo) non-stop, unassisted round the world yacht race. The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken place every four years. It is named after the Département of Vendé ...
.
Rankings
2019:
* 7th -
Transat Jaque Vabre on Initiatives cœur with
Sam Davies
* 7th - Défi Azimut
* 5th - Rolex Fastnet Race
2018:
* winner of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe in the IMOCA category on SMA in 12 days, 11 hours, 23 minutes and 18 seconds; 6th overall
* winner of the Monaco Globes series, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet
* winner of the Bermuda 1000 Race - Douarnenez Cascais
2017:
* winner of the Rolex
Fastnet Race
The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) of the United Kingdom with the assistance of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes and the City of Cherbourg in France.
The race is named after th ...
, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA
* 2nd in the
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, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA
* RET for the
2016-2017 Vendée Globe with keel issues
2016:
* 4th in the
Transat New York-Vendée.
* 4th in
The Transat
The Transat (also known as The Transat CIC or The English Transat)is a transatlantic yacht race first held in 2004 as a spin-off for professional sailors from the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race which is limited to amateurs since.
History
Afte ...
2015:
* winner of the SNSM record, doubles with Michel Desjoyeaux, in 37 hours, 4 minutes and 23 seconds
2014:
* 1st - Transat AG2R with
Gwénolé Gahinet on "Safran Guy Cotten"
2012:
* 4th - Transat AG2R with
Fabien Delahaye
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on "Macif"
2007
* 31st - ISAF Sailing World Championships Cascais, POR
2006
* 34th - 49er World Championship - Aix Les Bains, FRA
2005
* 29th - 49er World Championship, Moscow, RUS
2004
* 68th - 49er World Championship (Olympic Qualifier), Athens, GRE
References
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1982 births
Living people
French male sailors (sport)
Figaro class sailors
IMOCA 60 class sailors
French Vendee Globe sailors
2016 Vendee Globe sailors
2024 Vendee Globe sailors
Vendée Globe finishers
21st-century French sportsmen
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