Name Gerry Roufs Role Sailor | Died 1997 | |
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Gerry roufs
Gerry Roufs (born in 1953 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, died in 1997), was a competitive sailor.
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Richard oland winner of the gerry roufs award for 2010
Sailing career
In 1978, Gerry Roufs, along with crew Charles Robitaille placed second at the 470 class World Championships held in Marstrand, Sweden. [1].
Death
He disappeared at sea in his boat, Groupe LG 2 in January 1997, in the South Pacific Ocean, while taking part in the 1996–1997 edition of the Vendée Globe, the round-the-world, single-handed, non-stop yacht race. Roufs was in second place in the race when his Argos position-indicating beacon ceased to transmit. His boat, Groupe LG 2, was found on the coast of Chile in July 1997. His last known position was 55°S 124°W, 369 nm south of Point Nemo, the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility.
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