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
2000:
Winner Solitaire du Figaro
2nd French Championship single-handed.
3rd Transat Ag2r. Winner of the first leg.
2001:
3rd Tour de France à la voile
Winner multihull world championship
Winner French Mumm30 championship
2002:
2nd Tour de France à la voile
Winner Grand Prix de Fécamp ORMA 60
Winner Grand Prix de Lorient ORMA 60
Winner French Figaro championship (crewed)
Participation in the Volvo Ocean Race (Auckland/Rio) on SEB
2003:
4th Solitaire du Figaro
6th Transat Jacques Vabre
2004:
2nd Transat Ag2r
2005:
Winner 2005 Transat Jacques Vabre on ORMA 60 ft (18 m) multihull.
Winner IB Group Challenge (Lorient - Nice).
2006:
2nd Route du Rhum, in the ORMA 60 multihulls
2007:
3rd Transat Jacques Vabre in ORMA 60. Set speed record for 60 foot multihull with 667 nm in 24 hours
2009:
Transatlantic record W to E, Ambrose Light – Lizard Point (crewed), as skipper on Banque Populaire V, in 3 days, 15 hours, 25 minutes and 48 seconds, with an average speed of 32.94 knots (61.00 km/h).
24 hours distance record as skipper on 131 ft trimaran Banque Populaire V, with a day's run of 908.2 nautical miles (1,682.0 km) at an average speed of 37.84 knots (70.08 km/h).
2010:
Marseille to Carthage record (455 nm), as skipper on Banque Populaire V, in 14h 20m and 34s at an average speed of 32 knots.
2011:
Attempt at the Trophée Jules Verne with the Maxi Banque Populaire V
2012:
1st in Spi Ouest France on Safran
1st in the Krys Ocean Race on the MOD 70 Spindrift Racing
Winner Multi One Championship (MOD 70)
2nd in the Tour of Europe (MOD 70)
2013:
2nd Transat Jacques Vabre, on IMOCA 60 Safran with Marc Guillemot.
2014 - 2015:
3rd 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, with Dongfeng Race Team, as navigator.
2015:
Winner Transat Jacques Vabre, with François Gabart on 100 ft trimaran MACIF.
