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Friday, May 23, 2008

Peyron Wins the Artemis Transat, A New Record

Loick Peyron won the 2008 Artemis Transat aboard the Open 60 Imocoa class sailboat Gitana 80, setting a new record!

Loick is the first skipper to have won the Artemis Transat three times!

Gitana Eighty finished the 2,982-mile course of The Artemis Transat in a time of 12 days, 11 hours, 15 minutes, 35 seconds (corrected time not including the deduction of the 2.5 hour time allowance awarded by the jury for his rescue of Vincent Riou). In doing so, he has beaten the existing monohull record of 12 days, 15 hours, 18 mins and 8 secs set by Mike Golding onboard Ecover in 2004, by more than four hours.

Click here to read more about Loick Peyron winning the Artemis Transat.










Loick Peyron Sailing Honors


  • Transat Jacques Vabre 2005: 1st on Virbac-Paprec with Jean-Pierre Dick
  • Bol d'or 2005: on OKALYS D 35
  • Transat Jacques Vabre 2003: 2nd on Belgacom with Jean-Luc Nélias
  • Transat Jacques Vabre 2001: 3rd on Fujifilm
  • The Race 2000-2001: 2nd on Innovations Explorer
  • Transat Jacques Vabre 1999: 1st on Fujicolor II
  • Course de l'Europe 1999: 1st on Fujicolor II
  • Route du Rhum 1998: 5th on Fujicolor II
  • Course de Phares 1998: 1st on Fujicolor II
  • Transat Jacques Vabre 1997: 3rd on Fujicolor II
  • Course de l'Europe 1997: 1st on Fujicolor II
  • Québec - Saint-Malo 1996: 1st on Fujicolor II
  • Europe 1 Star 1996: 1st on Fujicolor II
  • Course de l'Europe 1995: 1st on Fujicolor II
  • Twostar 1994 : 2nd on Fujicolor II
  • Transat Jacques Vabre 1993: 3rd single-hull on Fujicolor III
  • Course de l'Europe 1993: 1st on Fujicolor II
  • Europe 1 Star 1992: 1st on Fujicolor II
  • Vendée Globe 1990-1991: 2nd on Lada Poch III
  • Lorient - Saint Barth - Lorient 1989: 1st on Lada Poch III
  • Québec - Saint-Malo 1988: 2nd on Lada Poch II
  • C-Star 1988 : 3rd on Lada Poch II
  • La Baule - Dakar 1987: 1st on Lada Poch II
  • GP de Boulogne (Formule 40) 1987: 4th on Lada Poch
  • Route du Rhum 1986: 5th on Lada Poch I
  • Solitaire du Figaro 1986: 4th on Lada Poch
  • Tour de l'Europe 1985: 1st on Lada Poch I (Class III)
  • Québec - Saint-Malo 1984: 5th with Mike Birch on Formule TAG
  • La Baule - Dakar 1983: 4th on Lada Poch I
  • Lorient - Les Bermudes - Lorient 1983: 5th on Transat TAG Québec
  • Route du Rhum 1982: 17th on La Baule-Teletota
  • La Rochelle - New Orleans 1982: 9th with Bruno Peyron on Jaz
  • La Baule - Dakar 1981: 21st on Accoustique HRC
  • Mini Transat 1979: 26th on Sogeport-Alcor
















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