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French offshore sailor and navigator (1957–2024)

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Hervé Laurent
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born(1957-05-02)2 May 1957
Lorient, France
Died29 August 2024(2024-08-29) (aged 67)

Hervé Laurent (2 May 1957 – 29 August 2024) was a French sailor from Lorient, Morbihan. He competed in the Vendee Globe round the yacht race twice in 1996 and 2004. Laurent died on 29 August 2024, at the age of 67.

Career highlights

Year Pos Race Class Boat Name Notes Ref.
Round the World Races
2005 DNF 2004-2005 Vendee Globe IMOCA 60 UUDS Retired rudder problems
1996 3 1996-1997 Vendee Globe IMOCA 60 Groupe LG-Traitmat 114 days 16hrs 43mins
Trans Oceanic Races
2007 11 Transat Jacques Vabre Maisonneuve
2005 7 Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA 60 UUDS
2004 7 Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race IMOCA 60 UUDS
2002 1 Transat AG2r Beneteau Figaro 2 COLBERT ORCO with Rodolphe Jacq
1996 8 Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race IMOCA 60 Groupe LG1
1994 Route du Rhum
1993 4 Transat Jacques Vabre
1992 4 1992 OSTAR Race 60 ft T Took Took
Other Results
2008 Tour de France à la Voile
1995 Solitaire du Figaro

References

  1. "Vendee 1996_97 Results". solocircumnavigation.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. Le skipper Hervé Laurent, figure de la course au large, est mort dans un accident en mer (in French)
  3. World, Yachting (5 December 2004). "Damage affects Vendee fleet". Yachting World. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. "Document sans titre". www.histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  5. "Sailing - Hervé Laurent (France)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  6. "Document sans titre". www.histoiredeshalfs.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. "2002 • Transat AG2R - SeaSailSurf®". www.seasailsurf.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  8. "The Royal Western Yacht Club of England | OSTAR 1992". Retrieved 27 March 2021.

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