| Conrad Colman | |
| Nationality: | New Zealand American |
| Occupation: | Yachtsman |
| Known For: | Single-handed yacht racing |
Conrad Colman is a yachtsman from New Zealand with dual nationality of New Zealand and America and is now based in France.[1] In 2016, he became the first New Zealander to compete in the famous solo around-the-world race, the Vendée Globe.[2] [3] [4] On 10 February 2017 Colman was in 10th place, 740 miles from the finish line (having completed 97% of the race's 27,440 nautical mile circumnavigation) when his IMOCA 60, the Foresight Natural Energy, was dismasted.[5] Two weeks later he became the 3rd sailor in history to complete the Vendée Globe under jury rig, taking 16th place in the race with a time of just under 110 days 2 hours. Colman ran out of food after the dismasting, and completed the race on survival rations pillaged from his life raft.[5]
Foresight Natural Energy is the same yacht that Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty used in the 2008–09 Vendée Globe and it is powered entirely by renewable energy.[6] When he crossed the finish line, Colman became the first skipper to complete the Vendée Globe using no fossil fuels.[5]