Paul Meilhat Explained

Paul Meilhat
Nationality:	French
Birth Date:	17 May 1982
Club:	Brest Bretagne Nautisme
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Paul Meilhat (born 17 May 1982) is a French sailor and navigator.^[1] He was a high level 49er dinghy sailor with Olympic aspirations before moving into offshore sailing. From 2015 to the end of 2018 he was skipper of the IMOCA 60 - SMA and he competed in the Vendee Globe.

Rankings

2019:

• 7th - Transat Jaque Vabre on Initiatives cœur with Sam Davies^[2]
• 7th - Défi Azimut
• 5th - Rolex Fastnet Race

2018:

• winner of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe in the IMOCA category on SMA in 12 days, 11 hours, 23 minutes and 18 seconds; 6th overall ^[3]
• winner of the Monaco Globes series, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet
• winner of the Bermuda 1000 Race - Douarnenez Cascais

2017:

• winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA
• 2nd in the Transat Jacques Vabre, doubles with Gwénolé Gahinet on IMOCA SMA
• RET for the 2016-2017 Vendee Globe with keel issues^[4]

2016:

• 4th in the Transat New York-Vendée.
• 4th in The Transat

2015:

• winner of the SNSM record, doubles with Michel Desjoyeaux, in 37 hours, 4 minutes and 23 seconds

2014:

• 1st - Transat AG2R with Gwénolé Gahinet on "Safran Guy Cotten"

2012:

• 4th - Transat AG2R with Fabien Delahaye on "Macif"

2007

• 31st - ISAF Sailing World Championships Cascais, POR^[5]

2006

• 34th - 49er World Championship - Aix Les Bains, FRA

2005

• 29th - 49er World Championship, Moscow, RUS

2004

• 68th - 49er World Championship (Olympic Qualifier), Athens, GRE

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paul MEILHAT. www.imoca.org. 2 February 2021. 28 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128060113/https://www.imoca.org/en/skippers-1/paul-meilhat. live.
2. Web site: Map and rankings - Transat Jacques Vabre - Site Officiel. www.transatjacquesvabre.org. 2 February 2021. 7 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210207142639/https://www.transatjacquesvabre.org/en/map-and-ranking. live.
3. Web site: Fiche régatier. www.ffvoile.fr. 2 February 2021. 4 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210204200629/https://www.ffvoile.fr/ffv/sportif/cif/cif_detail.aspx?NoLicence=0018319H&AnneeSportive=. live.
4. Web site: Major keel damage for Paul Meilhat in the 2016 Vendée Globe. BoatsNews.com. 2 February 2021. 15 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221015050555/https://www.boatsnews.com/story/24719/major-keel-damage-for-paul-meilhat-in-the-vendee-globe. live.
5. Web site: Paul Meilhat . members.sailing.org . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527020155/https://members.sailing.org/biog?id=FRAMP2 . 27 May 2022.