Pascal Bidégorry

Pascal Bidegorry

Pascal Bidegorry in 2012
Personal information
Nationality French
Born 15 January 1968 (1968-01-15) (age 48)
Bayonne, Pays Basque

Pascal Bidegorry (born 15 January 1968, in Bayonne)[1] is a French sailor.

Life

He has raced across the Atlantic Ocean over 30 times and has set records in many classes. He has won the Solitaire du Figaro and the Transat Jacques Vabre; apart from several championships in the ORMA, IMOCA, MOD 70 and Décision 35 circuits. Besides, he has six French and World Championship titles under his belt.

He joined Team Banque Populaire in 2004 as skipper of the Banque Populaire III trimaran. From February 2010 to April 2011, he was skipper of Banque Populaire V, the world's largest ocean racing trimaran at 40 metres (130 ft) in length and campaigned the yacht in breaking ocean racing records.

He was the navigator onboard Dongfeng Race Team in the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race.

He was co-skipper of the 100 ft trimaran MACIF in the 2015 Transat Jacques Vabre, together with Francois Gabart. They won the race from Le Havre (France) to Itajaí (Brazil) after 12 days 17hrs 29min 27sec sailing at an average speed of 17.68 knots for the theoretical course of 5,400 nm (10,000 km).

Sailing career

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