Paul Meilhat

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Paul Meilhat

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1982-05-17) 17 May 1982 (age 39)
Sailing career
Club	Brest Bretagne Nautisme

Paul Meilhat, born on 17th May 1982, is a French sailor and navigator.^[1] 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 he competed in the Vendee Globe.

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  Departure of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe

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  Departure of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe

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  SMA Departure 2015.

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  Le Figaro Macif in Sables d'Olonne.

Rankings[]

2019:

• 7th - on Initiatives cœur with Sam Davies^[2]
• 7th - Défi Azimut^[1]
• 5th - Rolex Fastnet Race^[1]

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 overal ^[3]
• 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, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA
• 2nd in the Transat Jacques Vabre, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA
• RET for the 2016-2017 Vendee Globe with keel issues^[4]

2016:

• 4th in the Transat New York-Vendée.

2015:

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

2014:

• 1st - Transat AG2R with on "Safran Guy Cotten"

2012:

• 4th - Transat AG2R with on "Macif"

2007

• 31st - ISAF Sailing World Championships Cascais, POR^[5]

2006

• 34th - 49er World Championship - Aix Les Bains, FRA^[5]

2005

• 29th - 49er World Championship, Moscow, RUS^[5]

2004

• 68th - 49er World Championship (Olympic Qualifier), Athens, GRE^[5]

Reference[]

External links[]

• Paul Meilhat at World Sailing
• Official Website
• Official Instagram Page
• Official Facebook Page
• Official Twitter Page