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French offshore sailor and navigator
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Paul Meilhat
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1982-05-17) 17 May 1982 (age 42)
Sailing career
ClubBrest Bretagne Nautisme

Paul Meilhat (born 17 May 1982) is a French 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.

Rankings

2019:

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:

2016:

2015:

  • winner of the SNSM record, doubles with Michel Desjoyeaux, in 37 hours, 4 minutes and 23 seconds

2014:

2012:

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

  1. ^ "Paul MEILHAT". www.imoca.org. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. "Map and rankings - Transat Jacques Vabre - Site Officiel". www.transatjacquesvabre.org. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. "Fiche régatier". www.ffvoile.fr. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. "Major keel damage for Paul Meilhat in the 2016 Vendée Globe". BoatsNews.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Paul Meilhat". members.sailing.org. World Sailing. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022.

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