Philippe Monnet (born 31 January 1959) is a single-handed sailor from

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, born in

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. He is the brother in law of French singer

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Biography

Originally from

, he is a pioneer of maritime routes and a single-handed and crewed sailing record holder. He has accumulated more 250 000

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s in single-handed or crewed races. He set a new record during his first solo round the world trip. He sailed the 1981–82 Whitbread Round the World Race on board ''Vivanapoli''.

Records

*1988: World record - solo sail on "Kriter" (

Olivier de Kersauson Olivier de Kersauson de Pennendreff (born 20 July 1944) is a French sailor and sailing champion. Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20 July 1944 ...

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) (129d 19h 17'). *1989: Record

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and solo (81d 5h). *1990: Record

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(Tea Route), multihull and solo (67d 10h 26'). *1998: 6th place in the

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, aboard a

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*2000: Record for non-stop reverse circumnavigation on "Uunet" (previously Philippe Poupon's " Fleury Michon"), monohull (151d 19h 54').

Bibliography

* ''J'ai entraperçu les moustaches du Diable'' (2000) * ''Le Monde à l'envers'' (2000)

Paris-Dakar

Monnet won the

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twice: as co-driver alongside

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in 1992, and with

Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Louis Schlesser (born 12 September 1948) is a French racing driver who has competed in both circuit racing and cross-country rallying. He is the nephew of Jo Schlesser, a former Formula One driver. Jean-Louis entered two Formula One races ...

in 1999. He holds a total of 5 rally wins (two in the rallye de Tunisie, and one in the .

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