L'Esprit d'équipe explained

L'Esprit d'équipe
Othernames:33 Export
Esprit de Liberté
Nat:
Skip:Lionel Péan
Wins:1985–86 Whitbread

L'Esprit d'équipe (also 33 Export, Esprit de Liberté) is a yacht. She won her class in the 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Lionel Péan.[1]

She had earlier competed in the 1981–82 Whitbread Round the World Race as 33 Export but lost her mast in the Southern Ocean and did not finish the race.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History - 40 years of life at the extreme| Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015 . 2015-04-26 . 2015-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150515032254/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/presszone/en/14_History-40-years-of-life-at-the-extreme.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Frances former winner lines up for Legends Regatta. Yachts and Yachting Online. 2017-08-28. 2017-08-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828062848/http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/159926/Frances-former-winner-lines-up. live.
  3. Web site: Roaring Forties, chapter 12: Boy Wonder. Volvo Ocean. Race. 2017-08-28. 2017-06-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20170612112748/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/7198_Roaring-Forties-chapter-12-Boy-Wonder.html. live.