Thierry Dubois
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Nationality | French |
Born | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | 24 February 1967
Thierry Dubois is a French sailor born on February 24, 1967 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He competed in high level offshore solo races including two uncessfull attempts to complete the Vendee Globe in 1996 and 2000.
He was dramatically rescued by the Australian Navy who first dropped him liferaft from an aircraft before sending in a helicopter to rescue him deep into the southern ocean.[1] He came back in 2000 but electrical issues forced him to retire in New Zealand.[2]
After this round-the-world trip, he stopped sailing, devoting himself to IMOCA and the construction of a schooner for navigation in the Arctic seas and to link his two passions the mountain and the sea. It was launched in 2010 and Thierry Dubois now offers his clients to sail with him in Greenland or Iceland on La Louise.[3]
References[]
- ^ "1996 Rescues Story of Dubois and Bullimore". 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "vendee-globe-thierry-dubois-abandonns". 2000-12-26. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/lalouise.fr/
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- French male sailors (sport)
- Sportspeople from Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- IMOCA 60 class sailors
- French Vendee Globe sailors
- 1996 Vendee Globe sailors
- 2000 Vendee Globe sailors
- French sportspeople stubs
- French yacht racing biography stubs