Hervé Laurent

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

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[1] and 2004. Laurent died on 29 August 2024, at the age of 67.[2]

Career highlights

YearPosRaceClassBoat nameNotesRef.
Round the world races
2005DNF2004-2005 Vendee GlobeIMOCA 60UUDSRetired rudder problems[3][4]
199631996-1997 Vendee GlobeIMOCA 60Groupe LG-Traitmat114 days 16hrs 43mins[5][6]
Trans Oceanic Races
200711Transat Jacques VabreMaisonneuve
20057Transat Jacques VabreIMOCA 60UUDS
20047Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic RaceIMOCA 60UUDS
20021Transat AG2rBeneteau Figaro 2COLBERT ORCOwith Rodolphe Jacq[7]
19968Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic RaceIMOCA 60Groupe LG1
1994Route du Rhum
19934Transat Jacques Vabre
199241992 OSTAR Race60 ft TTook Took[8]
Other Results
2008Tour de France à la Voile
1995Solitaire 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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